6:17 Then 8 he came down with them and stood on a level place. 9 And a large number 10 of his disciples had gathered 11 along with 12 a vast multitude from all over Judea, from 13 Jerusalem, 14 and from the seacoast of Tyre 15 and Sidon. 16 They came to hear him and to be healed 17 of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from 18 unclean 19 spirits were cured. 6:19 The 20 whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power 21 was coming out from him and healing them all.
6:20 Then 22 he looked up 23 at his disciples and said:
“Blessed 24 are you who are poor, 25 for the kingdom of God belongs 26 to you.
6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger 27 now, for you will be satisfied. 28
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 29
6:22 “Blessed are you when people 30 hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil 31 on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because 32 your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors 33 did the same things to the prophets. 34
6:24 “But woe 35 to you who are rich, for you have received 36 your comfort 37 already.
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food 38 now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you 39 who laugh 40 now, for you will mourn and weep.
6:26 “Woe to you 41 when all people 42 speak well of you, for their ancestors 43 did the same things to the false prophets.
6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, 44 do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat 45 you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, 46 offer the other as well, 47 and from the person who takes away your coat, 48 do not withhold your tunic 49 either. 50 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, 51 and do not ask for your possessions 52 back 53 from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others 54 in the same way that you would want them to treat you. 55
6:32 “If 56 you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners 57 love those who love them. 58 6:33 And 59 if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 60 sinners 61 do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, 62 what credit is that to you? Even sinners 63 lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 64 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. 65 Then 66 your reward will be great, and you will be sons 67 of the Most High, 68 because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 69 6:36 Be merciful, 70 just as your Father is merciful.
6:37 “Do 71 not judge, 72 and you will not be judged; 73 do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, 74 and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, 75 will be poured 76 into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 77
6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? 78 Won’t they both fall 79 into a pit? 6:40 A disciple 80 is not greater than 81 his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why 82 do you see the speck 83 in your brother’s eye, but fail to see 84 the beam of wood 85 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 86 no good tree bears bad 87 fruit, nor again 88 does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known 89 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 90 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 91 from brambles. 92 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 93 heart 94 produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 95 produces evil, for his mouth speaks 96 from what fills 97 his heart.
6:46 “Why 98 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 99 and don’t do what I tell you? 100
6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice 101 – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man 102 building a house, who dug down deep, 103 and laid the foundation on bedrock. When 104 a flood came, the river 105 burst against that house but 106 could not shake it, because it had been well built. 107 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice 108 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When 109 the river burst against that house, 110 it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” 111
6:1 Jesus 112 was going through the grain fields on 113 a Sabbath, 114 and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, 115 rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 116
6:1 Jesus 117 was going through the grain fields on 118 a Sabbath, 119 and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, 120 rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 121 6:2 But some of the Pharisees 122 said, “Why are you 123 doing what is against the law 124 on the Sabbath?” 6:3 Jesus 125 answered them, 126 “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry – 6:4 how he entered the house of God, took 127 and ate the sacred bread, 128 which is not lawful 129 for any to eat but the priests alone, and 130 gave it to his companions?” 131 6:5 Then 132 he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord 133 of the Sabbath.”
6:6 On 134 another Sabbath, Jesus 135 entered the synagogue 136 and was teaching. Now 137 a man was there whose right hand was withered. 138 6:7 The experts in the law 139 and the Pharisees 140 watched 141 Jesus 142 closely to see if 143 he would heal on the Sabbath, 144 so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 6:8 But 145 he knew 146 their thoughts, 147 and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” 148 So 149 he rose and stood there. 6:9 Then 150 Jesus said to them, “I ask you, 151 is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” 6:10 After 152 looking around 153 at them all, he said to the man, 154 “Stretch out your hand.” The man 155 did so, and his hand was restored. 156 6:11 But they were filled with mindless rage 157 and began debating with one another what they would do 158 to Jesus.
6:12 Now 159 it was during this time that Jesus 160 went out to the mountain 161 to pray, and he spent all night 162 in prayer to God. 163 6:13 When 164 morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 165 6:14 Simon 166 (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 167 6:15 Matthew, Thomas, 168 James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 169 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, 170 who became a traitor.
6:17 Then 171 he came down with them and stood on a level place. 172 And a large number 173 of his disciples had gathered 174 along with 175 a vast multitude from all over Judea, from 176 Jerusalem, 177 and from the seacoast of Tyre 178 and Sidon. 179 They came to hear him and to be healed 180 of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from 181 unclean 182 spirits were cured. 6:19 The 183 whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power 184 was coming out from him and healing them all.
6:20 Then 185 he looked up 186 at his disciples and said:
“Blessed 187 are you who are poor, 188 for the kingdom of God belongs 189 to you.
6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger 190 now, for you will be satisfied. 191
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 192
6:22 “Blessed are you when people 193 hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil 194 on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because 195 your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors 196 did the same things to the prophets. 197
6:24 “But woe 198 to you who are rich, for you have received 199 your comfort 200 already.
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food 201 now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you 202 who laugh 203 now, for you will mourn and weep.
6:26 “Woe to you 204 when all people 205 speak well of you, for their ancestors 206 did the same things to the false prophets.
6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, 207 do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat 208 you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, 209 offer the other as well, 210 and from the person who takes away your coat, 211 do not withhold your tunic 212 either. 213 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, 214 and do not ask for your possessions 215 back 216 from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others 217 in the same way that you would want them to treat you. 218
6:32 “If 219 you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners 220 love those who love them. 221 6:33 And 222 if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 223 sinners 224 do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, 225 what credit is that to you? Even sinners 226 lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 227 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. 228 Then 229 your reward will be great, and you will be sons 230 of the Most High, 231 because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 232 6:36 Be merciful, 233 just as your Father is merciful.
6:37 “Do 234 not judge, 235 and you will not be judged; 236 do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, 237 and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, 238 will be poured 239 into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 240
6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? 241 Won’t they both fall 242 into a pit? 6:40 A disciple 243 is not greater than 244 his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why 245 do you see the speck 246 in your brother’s eye, but fail to see 247 the beam of wood 248 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 249 no good tree bears bad 250 fruit, nor again 251 does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known 252 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 253 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 254 from brambles. 255 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 256 heart 257 produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 258 produces evil, for his mouth speaks 259 from what fills 260 his heart.
6:46 “Why 261 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 262 and don’t do what I tell you? 263
6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice 264 – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man 265 building a house, who dug down deep, 266 and laid the foundation on bedrock. When 267 a flood came, the river 268 burst against that house but 269 could not shake it, because it had been well built. 270 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice 271 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When 272 the river burst against that house, 273 it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” 274