The Precepts of Jesus the Guide to Peace and Happiness, Extr. from the Books Ascribed to the Four Evangelists [By Rammohun Roy]. with Transl. Into Sungscrit and Bengalee (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: ...of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso cnrseth father or mother, let him die the death: bnt ye say, Jf amauhall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me: he shall bejree. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; making the word of God of none effect through your tradition; which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every oiieofyou, and understand. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him, can defile hfm i but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked ' him concern ing the parable. And he saitU unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? J)o ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defile th the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, las-civiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolish, ness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man. And when he had called the people unto him, with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall...