Luke 6

¹And it came to pass on a Sabbath that He is passing through grainfields, and His disciples were plucking and were eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in the hands.

²But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

³And answering, Jesus said to them, “Did you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry—he and those being with him:

⁴how he entered into the house of God and, having taken the loaves of the presentation, he ate and gave to those with him—which it is not lawful to eat, except only for the priests?”

⁵And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

⁶And it came to pass on another Sabbath that He entered into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees were closely watching Him, whether He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

⁸And He had known their reasonings, and He said to the man having the withered hand, “Arise and stand in the midst.” And having risen up, he stood.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?”

¹⁰And having looked around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did, and his hand was restored.

¹¹And they were filled with madness, and they were discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²And it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

¹³And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, also having chosen out from them twelve, whom He also named apostles:

¹⁴Simon, whom He also named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

¹⁵and Matthew and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zealot,

¹⁶and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer.

¹⁷And having come down with them, He stood on a level place, and a great crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon,

¹⁸who came to hear Him and to be healed from their diseases. And those troubled from unclean spirits were healed.

¹⁹And all the crowd was seeking to touch Him, because power was going out from Him and was healing all.

²⁰And He, having lifted up His eyes to His disciples, was saying: “Blessed are the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are those hungering now, because you will be filled. Blessed are those weeping now, because you will laugh.

²²Blessed are you when men may hate you, and when they may exclude you and may reproach you and may cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

²³Rejoice in that day and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For according to the same their fathers were doing to the prophets.

²⁴But woe to you who are rich, because you have your comfort in full.

²⁵Woe to you who have been filled now, because you will hunger. Woe to those laughing now, because you will mourn and weep.

²⁶Woe when all men may speak well of you, for according to the same their fathers were doing to the false prophets.

²⁷But to you who are hearing I say: Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

²⁸bless those cursing you, pray for those mistreating you.

²⁹To the one striking you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the one taking away your cloak, do not withhold also your tunic.

³⁰To everyone asking you, give, and from the one taking away what is yours, do not demand it back.

³¹And just as you want that men may do to you, do to them likewise.

³²And if you love those loving you, what grace is it to you? For even the sinners love those loving them.

³³For even if you do good to those doing good to you, what grace is it to you? Even the sinners do the same.

³⁴And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive back, what grace is it to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, that they might receive back the equivalent.

³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting nothing back. And your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

³⁶Be merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

³⁷And do not judge, and you shall not be judged; and do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you will be released.

³⁸Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken, running over, they will give into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, it will be measured back to you.”

³⁹And He also spoke a parable to them: “Is a blind man able to guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone fully trained will be like his teacher.

⁴¹And why do you look at the splinter that is in the eye of your brother, but not notice the beam that is in your own eye?

⁴²How are you able to say to your brother, ‘Brother, permit that I might cast out the splinter that is in your eye,’ yourself not seeing the beam in your eye? Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter that is in the eye of your brother.

⁴³For there is no good tree producing rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree producing good fruit.

⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

⁴⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good, and the evil out of the evil brings forth what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

⁴⁶And why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?

⁴⁷Everyone who is coming to Me and hearing My words and doing them, I will show you whom he is like.

⁴⁸He is like a man building a house, who dug and deepened and laid a foundation on the rock. And a flood having come, the river burst upon that house, and it was not able to shake it, because it was well built.

⁴⁹But the one having heard and not having done is like a man having built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the river burst, and immediately it fell—and the ruin of that house was great!”