MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH -- MORE ABOUT JESUS: #13 Jesus’ Speech (part 3) << TEXT: http://www.HandheldEnglish.com/majtxt/maj-13.txt >> << AUDIO: http://www.HandheldEnglish.com/majmp3/maj-13.mp3 >> << 1. When you start a new lesson, PLAY THE AUDIO and READ THE TEXT in the (parenthesis) 2 or 3 times. << 2. ALWAYS REPEAT YOUR RESPONSE OUT LOUD. << 3. FIND THE MEANING of all new VOCABULARY words. << 5. Now, play the audio and RESPOND TO THE EXERCISES WITHOUT USING THE TEXT. << 6. Always SPEAK OUT LOUD and DO NOT READ THE TEXT. << 7. Because you are learning to SPEAK fluent English, you will need to practice until your PRONUNCIATION is perfect. << 8. Read the free book LEARNING SPOKEN ENGLISH http://www.FreeEnglishNow.com/lsei.html. << For help understanding the meaning, read this story from a Bible written in your language. The story is found in: Matthew 6:19-34, 7:1-29 V V V V MORE ABOUT JESUS (maj-13.txt / maj-13.mp3) V V V V 19 "Don't store up treasures here on earth, ("Don't store up treasures here on earth,) where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, (where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty,) and where thieves break in and steal. (and where thieves break in and steal.) 19 "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. ("Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.) 20 Store your treasures in heaven, (Store your treasures in heaven,) where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty (where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty) and where they will be safe from thieves. (and where they will be safe from thieves.) 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves. (Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.) 21 Wherever your treasure is, (Wherever your treasure is,) there your heart and thoughts will also be. (there your heart and thoughts will also be.) 21 Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be. (Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.) 24 "No one can serve two masters. ("No one can serve two masters.) For you will hate one and love the other, (For you will hate one and love the other,) or be devoted to one and despise the other. (or be devoted to one and despise the other.) For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. (For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.) You cannot serve both God and money. (You cannot serve both God and money.) 25 "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life-- ("So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life--) whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes (whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes.) 25 "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. ("So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes.) Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? (Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing?) 26 Look at the birds. (Look at the birds.) They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns (They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns) because your heavenly Father feeds them. (because your heavenly Father feeds them.) They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. (They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them.) And you are far more valuable to him than they are. (And you are far more valuable to him than they are.) 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? (Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?) Of course not. (Of course not.) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 28 Why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow. They don't work hard to make their clothes. 29 But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn't as well clothed as one of them. 30 God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. He will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith? 31 Don't worry and ask yourselves, "Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?" 32 Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these. 33 But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. 34 Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today. 1 Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you. 2 God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them. 3 You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. 4 How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye? 5 You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye. 6 Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them. 7 Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. 9 Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? 10 Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish? 11 As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask. 12 Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophets are all about. 13 Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate. 14 But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it. 15 Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. 16 You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that produces bad fruit will be chopped down and burned. 20 You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds. 21 Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. 22 On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, "We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles." 23 But I will tell them, "I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!" 24 Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. 25 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock. 26 Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand. 27 The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash. 28 When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching. 29 He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses. Scripture quotations from verses 6:19-27 are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations from verses 6:28 – 7:29 are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission. <<>> VOCABULARY (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read Matthew 6:19-7:29 from a Bible written in your language.) a (an) about add (to add) all also and are (to be) at barn because become (to become) bird both break (to break) by can cannot clothes clothing consist (to consist) course despise (to despise) devoted doesn't (= does not) don't (= do not) drink (to drink) earth eaten (to eat) enough everyday far (far, farther, farthest) father (Father = a name) feeds (to feed) food for from get (to get) God harvest hate (to hate) have (to have) heart heaven heavenly here him I in is (to be) life look (to look) love (to love) master moment money more moth moth-eaten need (to need) never no not of on one or other plant put (to put) rusty safe (safe, safer, safest, safely) serve (to serve) single so steal (to steal) store (to store) tell (to tell) than the them there they thieves (thief) thought to to add to be to become to break to consist to despise to drink to feed to have to look to love to need to put to serve to steal to store to tell treasure two (2) up valuable (valuable, more, most valuable) where wherever whether will worries (worry) you your