Luke 6

1It happened on a Sabbath that he was passing through grainfields, and his disciples were plucking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

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

3And Jesus answered them, “Have you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?”

4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Presence, and gave some to those with him—which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?

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

6It happened on another Sabbath that he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And a man was there whose right hand was withered.

7And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find grounds to accuse him.

8But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle.” And he got up and stood there.

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

10And after looking around at them all, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.

11But they were filled with rage, and they discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

12It happened in those days that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

13And when day came, he called his disciples, and chose twelve from among them, whom he also named apostles.

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

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

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

17And coming down with them, he stood on a level place, with a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,

18who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by unclean spirits were being healed.

19And the whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

20And he, lifting up his eyes toward his disciples, was saying: “Blessed are the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.”

21Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.

22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same way their fathers used to do to the prophets.

24But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.

25Woe to you who are full now, because you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and weep.

26Woe when all people speak well of you, for their fathers used to do the same to the false prophets.

27But I say to you who are listening: love your enemies; do good to those who hate you,

28Bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.

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

30Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes what is yours, do not demand it back.

31And just as you want people to do for you, do the same for them.

32And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners so that they may receive back the same amount.

35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; 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, just as your Father is merciful.

37And do not judge, and you will certainly not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will certainly not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

38Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, overflowing—they will give into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure, it will be measured back to you.

39And he also told them a parable: “Can a blind man guide a blind man? Will not both fall into a pit?”

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

41But why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, yet do not notice the beam in your own eye?

42How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

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 harvest grapes from a bramble bush.

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

46Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?

47Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them—I will show you what he is like:

48He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been well built.

49But the one who heard and did not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.