ld perish, and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell.

30. _And if thy right_ hand _offend thee_, cut _it_ off, _and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of
thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should
be cast into hell_.

Or this--Matthew xxv:

34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come,
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world:

35. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I
was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we _thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave
thee drink_?

38. When saw we thee _a stranger, and took thee in? or naked,
and clothed thee_?

39. Or when saw we thee _sick, or in prison, and came unto
thee_?

40. And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels:

42. For _I was an hungered, and ye gave me_ no _meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me_ no _drink_:

43. _I was a stranger, and ye took me_ not _in: naked, and ye
clothed me_ not: _sick, and in prison, and ye visited me_ not.

44. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee _an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?_

45. _Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye did it_ not _to one of the least of these, ye
did it_ not _to me_.

_Observe the exact repetition of entire sentences._ Consider Antony's
funeral oration over the dead body of Caesar, and note the same mastery
of the art of repetition.

But, like all powerful weapons, it is dangerous to one who is not a
natural speaker. It might easily be fatal, for remember that we are
advised to "use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do, for they
think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."

Do not be epigrammatic. Never "coin a phrase."