Matthaeus 7
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Richtet nicht, auf daß ihr nicht gerichtet werdet;
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denn mit welchem Gericht ihr richtet, werdet ihr gerichtet werden, und mit welchem Maße ihr messet, wird euch gemessen werden.
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Was aber siehst du den Splitter, der in deines Bruders Auge ist, den Balken aber in deinem Auge nimmst du nicht wahr?
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Oder wie wirst du zu deinem Bruder sagen: Erlaube, ich will den Splitter aus deinem Auge ziehen; und siehe, der Balken ist in deinem Auge?
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Heuchler, ziehe zuerst den Balken aus deinem Auge, und dann wirst du klar sehen, um den Splitter aus deines Bruders Auge zu ziehen.
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Gebet nicht das Heilige den Hunden; werfet auch nicht eure Perlen vor die Schweine, damit sie dieselben nicht etwa mit ihren Füßen zertreten und sich umwenden und euch zerreißen.
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Bittet, und es wird euch gegeben werden; suchet, und ihr werdet finden; klopfet an, und es wird euch aufgetan werden.
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Denn jeder Bittende empfängt, und der Suchende findet, und dem Anklopfenden wird aufgetan werden.
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Oder welcher Mensch ist unter euch, der, wenn sein Sohn ihn um ein Brot bitten würde, ihm einen Stein geben wird?
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Und wenn er um einen Fisch bitten würde, ihm eine Schlange gegeben wird?
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Wenn nun ihr, die ihr böse seid, euren Kindern gute Gaben zu geben wisset, wieviel mehr wird euer Vater, der in den Himmeln ist, Gutes geben denen, die ihn bitten!
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Alles nun, was immer ihr wollt, daß euch die Menschen tun sollen, also tut auch ihr ihnen; denn dies ist das Gesetz und die Propheten.
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Gehet ein durch die enge Pforte; denn weit ist die Pforte und breit der Weg, der zum Verderben führt, und viele sind, die durch dieselbe eingehen.
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Denn eng ist die Pforte und schmal der Weg, der zum Leben führt, und wenige sind, die ihn finden.
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Hütet euch aber vor den falschen Propheten, die in Schafskleidern zu euch kommen, inwendig aber sind sie reißende Wölfe.
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An ihren Früchten werdet ihr sie erkennen. Liest man etwa von Dornen eine Traube, oder von Disteln Feigen?
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Also bringt jeder gute Baum gute Früchte, aber der faule Baum bringt schlechte Früchte.
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Ein guter Baum kann nicht schlechte Früchte bringen, noch ein fauler Baum gute Früchte bringen.
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Jeder Baum, der nicht gute Frucht bringt, wird abgehauen und ins Feuer geworfen.
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Deshalb, an ihren Früchten werdet ihr sie erkennen.
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Nicht jeder, der zu mir sagt: Herr, Herr! wird in das Reich der Himmel eingehen, sondern wer den Willen meines Vaters tut, der in den Himmeln ist.
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Viele werden an jenem Tage zu mir sagen: Herr, Herr! Haben wir nicht durch deinen Namen geweissagt, und durch deinen Namen Dämonen ausgetrieben, und durch deinen Namen viele Wunderwerke getan?
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Und dann werde ich ihnen bekennen: Ich habe euch niemals gekannt; weichet von mir, ihr Übeltäter!
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Jeder nun, der irgend diese meine Worte hört und sie tut, den werde ich einem klugen Manne vergleichen, der sein Haus auf den Felsen baute;
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und der Platzregen fiel hernieder, und die Ströme kamen, und die Winde wehten und stürmten wider jenes Haus; und es fiel nicht, denn es war auf den Felsen gegründet.
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Und jeder, der diese meine Worte hört und sie nicht tut, der wird einem törichten Manne verglichen werden, der sein Haus auf den Sand baute;
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und der Platzregen fiel hernieder, und die Ströme kamen, und die Winde wehten und stießen an jenes Haus; und es fiel, und sein Fall war groß.
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Und es geschah, als Jesus diese Worte vollendet hatte, da erstaunten die Volksmengen sehr über seine Lehre;
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denn er lehrte sie wie einer, der Gewalt hat, und nicht wie ihre Schriftgelehrten.
Arcana Coelestia #2715
2715. Two arcana exist here, the first being that, compared with the good of the celestial man, that of the spiritual man is obscure, the second that this obscurity is brightened by light from the Lord's Divine Human. As regards the first of these - that the good residing with the spiritual man is obscure compared with the celestial man's - this may be seen from what has been stated above in 2708 about the state of the spiritual man in comparison with that of the celestial man. From a comparison of the two states the fact of that obscurity is quite evident. With those who are celestial good itself exists implanted in the will part of their mind, and from there light enters the understanding part. But with those who are spiritual the whole of the will part is corrupted, so that they have no good at all from there, and therefore the Lord implants good in the understanding part of their mind, see 863, 875, 895, 927, 928, 1023, 1043, 1044, 2124, 2256. The will part is, in the main, the part of man's mind that possesses life, whereas the understanding part receives life from the will. Since therefore the will part in the case of the spiritual man is so corrupted as to be nothing but evil, and yet evil is flowing in from there unceasingly and constantly into the understanding part, that is, into his thought, it is clear that the good there is obscure compared with the celestial man's good.
[2] As a consequence those who are spiritual do not have love to the Lord, as those who are celestial do; nor therefore does that humility exist with them which is essential in all worship and by means of which good can flow in from the Lord; for a heart that is haughty is not at all receptive, only one that is humble. Nor do those who are spiritual have love towards the neighbour, as those who are celestial do, because self-love and love of the world are constantly flowing in from the will part of their mind, bringing obscurity into the good that goes with that love towards the neighbour. This may also become clear to one who reflects from the fact that when he helps another he does so for worldly reasons; thus though he may not consciously have it in mind he is nevertheless thinking about what he will get in return either from those he helps or in the next life from the Lord, which being so his good is still defiled with merit-seeking. It may also become clear to him from the fact that when he has done anything good and is able to speak about it to others and so set himself up above others, he is in his element. But those who are celestial love the neighbour more than they love themselves, and do not ever think about repayment or in any way set themselves up above others.
[3] The good residing with those who are spiritual is in addition made obscure by persuasive beliefs that are the product of various assumptions, which likewise have their origin in self-love and love of the world. For the nature of their persuasive beliefs even in matters of faith, see 2682, 2689 (end). This too is a product of the influx of evil from the will part of their mind.
[4] It may in addition become clear that the good residing with the spiritual man is obscure compared with the celestial man's, from the fact that he does not know what truth is, as those who are celestial do, from any perception. Instead he knows what truth is from what he has learned from parents and teachers, and also from the doctrine into which he was born. And when he adds to this anything from himself and from his own thinking, it is for the most part the senses and the illusions of the senses, also the rational and the appearances present within the rational, that predominate, and these make it barely possible for him to acknowledge any pure truth like that acknowledged by those who are celestial. But in spite of this, within things that are seemingly true the Lord implants good, even though these truths are mere illusions or else appearances of truth. But this good is made obscure by such truths, for it derives its specific nature from the truths to which it is joined. It is like the light of the sun falling upon objects. The nature of the objects receiving the light causes the light to be seen within those objects in the form of colours, which are beautiful if the nature of the recipient form and the manner of its receiving are fitting and correspondent, hideous if the nature of the recipient form and the manner of its receiving are not fitting and so not correspondent. In the same way good itself acquires a specific nature from the truth [to which it is joined].
[5] The same arcanum is also evident from the fact that the spiritual man does not know what evil is. He scarcely believes that any other evils exist than actions contrary to the Ten Commandments. Of evils present in affection and thought, which are countless, he has no knowledge nor does he reflect on them or call them evils. All delights whatever that go with evil desires and pleasures he does not regard as other than good; and the actual delights that are part of self-love he both pursues, approves of, and excuses, without knowing that such things have an effect on his spirit and that he becomes altogether such in the next life.
[6] From this it is in a similar way clear that although the whole of the Word deals with scarcely any other matter than the good which goes with love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, the spiritual man does not know that that good is the sum and substance of faith, nor even what the essential nature of love and charity is. It is also clear that though something which is a matter of faith may be known to him - faith being considered by him to be essential in itself - he nevertheless discusses whether it is true, unless he has been confirmed by much experience of life. Those who are celestial do not discuss the same because they know and have a perception that it is true hence the Lord's statement in Matthew,
Let your words be, Yes, yes; No, no; anything beyond this is from evil. 1 Matthew 5:37.
For those who are celestial are immersed in the truth itself about which those who are spiritual dispute. Consequently because those who are celestial are immersed in the truth itself, they are able to see from it numberless facets of that truth, and so from light to see so to speak heaven in its entirety. But those who are spiritual, because they dispute whether it is true, cannot - so long as they do so - arrive at the remotest boundary of the light existing with those who are celestial, let alone behold anything from their light.
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1. or from the evil one
