Banksy on the mount IV: Be the change you want to see in the world…

Now when he saw the crowds,

he went into the urban jungle

and began to paint…

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven…

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

No-one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

.Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;

or about your body, what you will wear.

Is not life more important than food,

and the body more important than clothes?

And why do you worry about clothes?

See how the lilies of the field grow.

They do not labour or spin.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

For in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged,

and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you..

Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven…

but only those who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.

But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.

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April 16, 2016

Banksy on the Mount III: The Lord’s Prayer

Now when he saw the crowds,

he went into the urban jungle

and began to paint…

When you pray, go into your own room, shut the door,

and pray to your father who is there in secret.

And when you fast,

do not look sombre as the hypocrites do,

for they disfigure their faces

to show everyone they are fasting.

This then is how you should pray:

Our father in heaven

Hallowed be your name

Your kingdom come

Your will be done on earth as in heaven

Give us today our daily bread

Forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil.

April 9, 2016

Banksy on the mount II: Being salt and light

Now when he saw the crowds,

he went into the urban jungle

and began to paint…

You are the salt of the earth.

But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

You are the light of the world…

in the same way, let your light shine before others,

that they may see your good deeds

and glorify your Father in heaven.

I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

You have heard that it was said,