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The Good News According to Luke, Chapter 6
{6:1} Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he
was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of
grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. {6:2} But some of the
Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do
on the Sabbath day?"
{6:3} Yeshua, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did
when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; {6:4} how he
entered into God's house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave
also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for
the priests alone?" {6:5} He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of
the Sabbath."
{6:6} It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the
synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was
withered. {6:7} The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see
whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an
accusation against him. {6:8} But he knew their thoughts; and he said
to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the
middle." He arose and stood. {6:9} Then Yeshua said to them, "I will
ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do
harm? To save a life, or to kill?" {6:10} He looked around at them
all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his
hand was restored as sound as the other. {6:11} But they were filled
with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to
Yeshua.
{6:12} It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain
to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. {6:13} When it
was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom
he also named emissaries: {6:14} Simon, whom he also named Peter;
Andrew, his brother; Jacob; Yochanan; Philip; Bartholomew; {6:15}
Matthew; Thomas; Jacob, the son of Halfai; Simon, who was called the
Zealot; {6:16} Judah the son of Jacob; and Judah Iscariot, who also
became a traitor. {6:17} He came down with them, and stood on a level
place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who
came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; {6:18} as well as
those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being
healed. {6:19} All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came
out from him and healed them all.
{6:20} He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said,
"Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the Kingdom of God.
{6:21} Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
{6:22} Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall
exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the
Son of Man's sake.
{6:23} Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your
reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing
to the prophets.
{6:24} "But woe to you who are rich!
For you have received your consolation.
{6:25} Woe to you, you who are full now,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
{6:26} Woe,[1] when[2] men speak well of you,
for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
{6:27} "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, {6:28} bless those who curse you, and pray for those who
mistreat you. {6:29} To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also
the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your
coat also. {6:30} Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who
takes away your goods to give them back again.
{6:31} "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to
them. {6:32} If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. {6:33} If you do good
to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even
sinners do the same. {6:34} If you lend to those from whom you hope to
receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to
receive back as much. {6:35} But love your enemies, and do good, and
lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you
will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the
unthankful and evil.
{6:36} Therefore be merciful,
even as your Father is also merciful.
{6:37} Don't judge,
and you won't be judged.
Don't condemn,
and you won't be condemned.
Set free,
and you will be set free.
{6:38} "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed
down, shaken together, and running over, will be given [3>]to you.[<3]
For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
{6:39} He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind?
Won't they both fall into a pit? {6:40} A disciple is not above his
rabbi, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his rabbi.
{6:41} Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's
eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? {6:42} Or
how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of
chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that
is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own
eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is
in your brother's eye. {6:43} For there is no good tree that brings
forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good
fruit. {6:44} For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people
don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a
bramble bush. {6:45} The good man out of the good treasure of his
heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the
abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
{6:46} "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things
which I say? {6:47} Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and
does them, I will show you who he is like. {6:48} He is like a man
building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the
rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and
could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. {6:49} But he
who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the
earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and
immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
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Footnotes:
[1] {6:26} TR adds "to you"
[2] {6:26} TR adds "all"
[3] {6:38} literally, into your bosom.
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