6Luke 6

1Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.Select Luke 6:1

2And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?"Select Luke 6:2

3"Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus-- "what David did when he and his followers were hungry;Select Luke 6:3

4how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers--loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?"Select Luke 6:4

5"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."Select Luke 6:5

6On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.Select Luke 6:6

7The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.Select Luke 6:7

8He knew their thoughts, and said to the man with the withered arm, "Rise, and stand there in the middle." And he rose and stood there.Select Luke 6:8

9Then Jesus said to them, "I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it."Select Luke 6:9

10And looking round upon them all He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He did so, and the arm was restored.Select Luke 6:10

11But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus.Select Luke 6:11

12About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.Select Luke 6:12

13When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.Select Luke 6:13

14These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;Select Luke 6:14

15Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;Select Luke 6:15

16James's relative Judas, and Judas Iscariot who proved to be a traitor.Select Luke 6:16

17With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;Select Luke 6:17

18and those who were tormented by foul spirits were cured.Select Luke 6:18

19The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.Select Luke 6:19

20Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.Select Luke 6:20

21"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.Select Luke 6:21

22"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.Select Luke 6:22

23"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!Select Luke 6:23

24"But alas for you rich men, because you already have your consolation!Select Luke 6:24

25"Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!Select Luke 6:25

26"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!Select Luke 6:26

27"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;Select Luke 6:27

28bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.Select Luke 6:28

29To him who gives you a blow on one side of the face offer the other side also; and to him who is robbing you of your outer garment refuse not the under one also.Select Luke 6:29

30To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your property, do not demand it back.Select Luke 6:30

31And behave to your fellow men just as you would have them behave to you.Select Luke 6:31

32"If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.Select Luke 6:32

33And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.Select Luke 6:33

34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.Select Luke 6:34

35Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.Select Luke 6:35

36Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.Select Luke 6:36

37"Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; pardon, and you shall be pardoned;Select Luke 6:37

38give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return."Select Luke 6:38

39He also spoke to them in figurative language. "Can a blind man lead a blind man?" He asked; "would not both fall into the ditch?Select Luke 6:39

40There is no disciple who is superior to his teacher; but every one whose instruction is complete will be like his teacher.Select Luke 6:40

41"And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?Select Luke 6:41

42How can you say to your brother, `Brother, let me take that splinter out of your eye,' when all the while you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? Vain pretender! take the beam out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.Select Luke 6:42

43"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.Select Luke 6:43

44Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.Select Luke 6:44

45A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.Select Luke 6:45

46"And why do you all call me `Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you?Select Luke 6:46

47Every one who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them in practice, I will show you whom he is like.Select Luke 6:47

48He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.Select Luke 6:48

49But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."Select Luke 6:49