6:12 Now 1 it was during this time that Jesus 2 went out to the mountain 3 to pray, and he spent all night 4 in prayer to God. 5 6:13 When 6 morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 7 6:14 Simon 8 (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 9 6:15 Matthew, Thomas, 10 James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 11 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, 12 who became a traitor.
6:17 Then 13 he came down with them and stood on a level place. 14 And a large number 15 of his disciples had gathered 16 along with 17 a vast multitude from all over Judea, from 18 Jerusalem, 19 and from the seacoast of Tyre 20 and Sidon. 21 They came to hear him and to be healed 22 of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from 23 unclean 24 spirits were cured. 6:19 The 25 whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power 26 was coming out from him and healing them all.
6:20 Then 27 he looked up 28 at his disciples and said:
“Blessed 29 are you who are poor, 30 for the kingdom of God belongs 31 to you.
6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger 32 now, for you will be satisfied. 33
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 34
6:22 “Blessed are you when people 35 hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil 36 on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because 37 your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors 38 did the same things to the prophets. 39
6:24 “But woe 40 to you who are rich, for you have received 41 your comfort 42 already.
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food 43 now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you 44 who laugh 45 now, for you will mourn and weep.
6:26 “Woe to you 46 when all people 47 speak well of you, for their ancestors 48 did the same things to the false prophets.
6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, 49 do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat 50 you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, 51 offer the other as well, 52 and from the person who takes away your coat, 53 do not withhold your tunic 54 either. 55 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, 56 and do not ask for your possessions 57 back 58 from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others 59 in the same way that you would want them to treat you. 60
6:32 “If 61 you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners 62 love those who love them. 63 6:33 And 64 if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 65 sinners 66 do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, 67 what credit is that to you? Even sinners 68 lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 69 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. 70 Then 71 your reward will be great, and you will be sons 72 of the Most High, 73 because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 74 6:36 Be merciful, 75 just as your Father is merciful.
6:37 “Do 76 not judge, 77 and you will not be judged; 78 do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, 79 and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, 80 will be poured 81 into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 82
6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? 83 Won’t they both fall 84 into a pit? 6:40 A disciple 85 is not greater than 86 his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why 87 do you see the speck 88 in your brother’s eye, but fail to see 89 the beam of wood 90 in your own? 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6:43 “For 91 no good tree bears bad 92 fruit, nor again 93 does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known 94 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 95 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 96 from brambles. 97 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 98 heart 99 produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 100 produces evil, for his mouth speaks 101 from what fills 102 his heart.
6:46 “Why 103 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 104 and don’t do what I tell you? 105
6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice 106 – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man 107 building a house, who dug down deep, 108 and laid the foundation on bedrock. When 109 a flood came, the river 110 burst against that house but 111 could not shake it, because it had been well built. 112 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice 113 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When 114 the river burst against that house, 115 it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” 116