Luke 6

1One Sabbath day, Jesus was walking through the grain fields, and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

2Some of the Pharisees asked: Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

3Jesus answered them: Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

4He went into the house of God, took the consecrated bread, ate it, and also gave some to his companions. But this bread was not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests.

5Then Jesus said to them: The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

6On another Sabbath, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was withered.

7The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find a reason to accuse Him.

8But Jesus knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand: Get up and stand here in front of everyone. The man got up and stood there.

9Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?

10He looked around at all of them and said to the man: Stretch out your hand. He did so, and his hand was completely restored.

11But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

12During those days Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night praying to God.

13When morning came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named apostles:

14Simon, whom He named Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

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

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

17Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,

18Who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits were also healed.

19Everyone in the crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was going out from Him and healing them all.

20Jesus looked at His disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.

21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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

23Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

24But how terrible for you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

25How terrible for you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. How terrible for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

26How terrible for you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

27But I tell 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.

29If anyone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other also. If anyone takes your coat, do not stop them from taking your shirt as well.

30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

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

34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be measured back to you.

39Jesus also told them a teaching story: Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

40A student is not greater than the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

41Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

42How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when you yourself cannot see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

43No good tree produces bad fruit, and no bad tree produces good fruit.

44Each tree is known by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

45A good person produces good things from the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the evil stored up in their heart, for the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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

47I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and puts them into practice.

48They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

49But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed, and its destruction was complete.