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turn to him the left also; and whosoever desireth you to go with him a mile go with him twain; and whosoever taketh away your cloak give him your inner garment also. " (Vol. IV, p. 52; cf. Matt. 5: 30-41.) These verses seem to be fairly accu rate quotations, though not without some con fusion, from some translation of the Sermon on the Mount.

" Said the disciples to Jesus (on him be peace), 1 Behold this mosque how beautiful it is. He re plied: O my nation! O my nation! In truth I say unto you, God will not suffer a stone to remain upon a stone in it but he will destroy it because of the sins of its people. Truly God does not care for gold and silver nor does he care for these stones at which ye marvel; but the things which God loves most are pure hearts, with them God can build up the earth, and if they are not good they are wasted. " ("Ihya," Vol. Ill, p. 288; cf. Matt. 24:2.)

" Said Jesus: Do not take the world for your master, for she will make you her slave. Lay up your treasures with him who will not lose them. For he who lays up treasure in the earth fears that which will destroy them; but he who has treasures with God does not fear for anything that may in jure them (Matt. 6:9-21). And Jesus said also: O company of the Apostles, behold I have poured out the world upon the ground, therefore do not take hold of it again after me, for the evil of