Monday, April 20, 2009

Some parallels

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?


-- Matthew 7:1-3


Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own abasement be not exposed.


-- Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.


-- Matthew 6:5-6

Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber, the verses revealed by God, the scattering angels of the Almighty shall scatter abroad the fragrance of the words uttered by his mouth...

-- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings

1 comment:

Bright Butterfly said...

this is so cool Nikhil! Thanks for making these parallels! As I started to read the first one from Matthew 7 I immediately thought of that Hidden Word, but I'd never made that connection before. And the latter is not even a passage I recall, yet it's so similar to that bit we were just discussing at study circle over the weekend.

Looking forward to any future connections you find!