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