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Genesis 18

   
 ²And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground

   
 ³and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.

   
 ⁴Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree;

   
 ⁵and I will fetch a morsel of bread and comfort ye your hearts. After that ye shall pass on, for therefor are ye come to your servant." And they said, "So do, as thou hast said."

   
 ⁶And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth."

   
 ⁷And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetched a calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it.

   
 ⁸And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

   
 ⁹And they said unto him, "Where is Sarah thy wife?" And he said, "Behold, in the tent."

   
 ¹⁰And he said, "I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son." And Sarah heard it from the tent door, which was behind him.

   
 ¹¹Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

   
 ¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

   
 ¹³And the LORD said unto Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, `Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?'

   
 ¹⁴Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son."

   
 ¹⁵Then Sarah denied, saying, "I laughed not," for she was afraid. And He said, "Nay, but thou didst laugh."

   
 ¹⁶And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

   
 ¹⁷And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do,

   
 ¹⁸seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

   
 ¹⁹For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgment, that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him."

   
 ²⁰And the LORD said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

   
 ²¹I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come unto Me; and if not, I will know."

   
 ²²And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

   
 ²³And Abraham drew near and said, "Wilt Thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

   
 ²⁴Perhaps there be fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

   
 ²⁵That be far from Thee to do in this manner -- to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from Thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

   
 ²⁶And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes."

   
 ²⁷And Abraham answered and said, "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, I, who am but dust and ashes.

   
 ²⁸Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?" And He said, "If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it."

   
 ²⁹And he spoke unto Him yet again and said, "Perhaps there shall be forty found there?" And He said, "I will not do it for forty's sake."

   
 ³⁰And he said unto Him, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Perhaps there shall thirty be found there." And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

   
 ³¹And he said, "Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Perhaps there shall be twenty found there." And He said, "I will not destroy it for twenty's sake."

   
 ³²And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Perhaps ten shall be found there." And He said, "I will not destroy it for ten's sake."

   
 ³³And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had finished communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 19

   
 ²and he said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will remain in the street all night."

   
 ³And he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him and entered into his house; and he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

   
 ⁴But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom -- both young and old, all the people from every quarter --compassed the house around.

   
 ⁵And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them."

   
 ⁶And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him

   
 ⁷and said, "I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

   
 ⁸Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."

   
 ⁹And they said, "Stand back." And they said again, "This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will become a judge! Now will we deal worse with thee than with them." And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

   
 ¹⁰But the men put forth their hands, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

   
 ¹¹And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

   
 ¹²And the men said unto Lot, "Hast thou here any besides? Soninlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city -- bring them out of this place.

   
 ¹³For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it."

   
 ¹⁴And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, "Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" But he seemed as one who mocked unto his sons-in-law.

   
 ¹⁵And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, "Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

   
 ¹⁶And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

   
 ¹⁷And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, "Escape for thy life! Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed!"

   
 ¹⁸And Lot said unto them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

   
 ¹⁹Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die.

   
 ²⁰Behold now, this city is near enough to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live."

   
 ²¹And he said unto him, "See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which thou hast spoken.

   
 ²²Hasten thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

   
 ²³The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

   
 ²⁴Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from the LORD out of heaven;

   
 ²⁵and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

   
 ²⁶But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

   
 ²⁷And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD;

   
 ²⁸and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld. And lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

   
 ²⁹And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

   
 ³⁰And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt on the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

   
 ³¹And the firstborn said unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.

   
 ³²Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father."

   
 ³³And they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

   
 ³⁴And it came to pass on the morrow that the firstborn said unto the younger, "Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father."

   
 ³⁵And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

   
 ³⁶Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

   
 ³⁷And the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

   
 ³⁸And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Benammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

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Matthew 6

   
 ²Therefore when thou givest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

   
 ³But when thou givest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,

   
 ⁴that thine almsgiving may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, Himself shall reward thee openly.

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

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

   
 ⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

   
 ⁸Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him.

   
 ⁹In this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

   
 ¹⁰Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.

   
 ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.

   
 ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

   
 ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory for ever. Amen.

   
 ¹⁴For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

   
 ¹⁵But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

   
 ¹⁶"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

   
 ¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face,

   
 ¹⁸that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.