Luke 6
1 On a Sabbath, Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and his disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
2 Some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?”
3 Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?
4 How he entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread, ate it, and gave some to those with him, even though only the priests are permitted to eat it?”
5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
6 On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was withered.
7 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were watching him to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find a reason to accuse him.
8 But he knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle.” He got up and stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?”
10 He looked around at them all and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored.
11 But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
12 In those days, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night praying to God.
13 When day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:
14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;
16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
17 He went down with them and stood on a level place, with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.
18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
19 The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.
20 Then Jesus lifted his eyes toward his disciples and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
23 Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, because your reward is great in heaven; for their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your consolation.
25 Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in the same way.”
27 “But I say to you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
28 Bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.
29 If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other one too; and if someone takes your cloak, do not stop them from taking your tunic as well.
30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to get the same amount back.
35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting anything in return; then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, packed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be measured back to you.”
39 He also told them a parable: “Can a blind person guide another blind person? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
40 A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck in your eye,’ when you do not see the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck in your brother’s eye.
43 There is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor a bad tree that produces good fruit.
44 For each tree is known by its own fruit: people do not gather figs from thornbushes or pick grapes from a bramble.
45 A good person brings good out of the good treasure in the heart, and an evil person brings evil out of what is evil; for the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
46 Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?
47 I will show you what everyone who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them is like.
48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid its foundation on rock. When a flood came, the river struck that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river struck it, and at once it collapsed; and the ruin of that house was great.”
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