Luke 6:17-49

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

17 And ¹he came down with them and stood on a level place, with ²a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of ³Tyre and Sidon,

18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. ⁴And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.

19 And all the crowd ⁵sought to touch him, for ⁶power came out from him and healed them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And ⁷he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, ⁸and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for ⁹yours is the kingdom of God.

21 ¹⁰"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. ¹¹"Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

22 "Blessed are you when ¹²people hate you and when they ¹³exclude you and revile you and ¹⁴spurn your name as evil, ¹⁵on account of the Son of Man!

23 ¹⁶Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ¹⁷so their fathers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

24 ¹⁸"But woe to you who are rich, ¹⁹for you ²⁰have received your consolation.

25 "Woe to you who are full now, for ²¹you shall be hungry. "Woe to ²²you who laugh now, ²³for you shall mourn and weep.

26 "Woe to you, ²⁴when all people speak well of you, for ²⁵so their fathers did to ²⁶the false prophets.

Love Your Enemies

27 "But I say to you who hear, ²⁷Love your enemies, ²⁸do good to those who hate you,

28 ²⁹bless those who curse you, ³⁰pray for those who abuse you.

29 ³¹To one who ³²strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic^[a] either.

30 ³³Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

31 And ³⁴as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

32 ³⁵"If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

34 And ³⁶if you ³⁷lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.

35 But ³⁸love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ³⁹you will be sons of ⁴⁰the Most High, for ⁴¹he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

36 ⁴²Be merciful, even as ⁴³your Father is merciful.

Judging Others

37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; ⁴⁴forgive, and you will be forgiven;

38 ⁴⁵give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put ⁴⁶into your lap. For ⁴⁷with the measure you use it will be measured back to you."

39 He also told them a parable: ⁴⁸"Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

40 ⁴⁹A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is ⁵⁰fully trained will be like his teacher.

41 ⁵¹Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but ⁵²do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit

43 "For ⁵³no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

44 for ⁵⁴each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

45 ⁵⁵The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces ⁵⁶evil, ⁵⁷for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Build Your House on the Rock

46 ⁵⁸"Why ⁵⁹do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?

47 ⁶⁰Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.^[b]

49 ⁶¹But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and ⁶²the ruin of that house was great."

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Cross References 62

1. [ver. 12; Matthew 5:1]
2. Matthew 4:25; Mark 3:7, 8
3. See Matthew 11:21
4. Matthew 4:24
5. Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10; [Acts 5:15]
6. See Luke 8:46
7. John 6:5
8. For ver. 20-23, [Matthew 5:3-12]
9. [Luke 12:32]
10. [Luke 1:53]
11. Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 57:18; See Matthew 5:4
12. See Matthew 10:22
13. [John 9:22; John 12:42; John 16:2]
14. Hebrews 11:26; 1 Peter 4:14
15. John 15:21
16. See Matthew 5:12
17. See Matthew 21:35
18. Amos 6:1; James 5:1; [Luke 12:21]
19. [Luke 16:25]
20. Matthew 6:2
21. Isaiah 65:13
22. Isaiah 65:14; [Proverbs 14:13; James 4:9]
23. Isaiah 65:14; [Proverbs 14:13; James 4:9]
24. [John 15:19; John 17:14; James 4:4; 1 John 4:5]
25. Jeremiah 5:31; [Isaiah 30:10; Micah 2:11]
26. See Matthew 7:15
27. See Matthew 5:44
28. Proverbs 25:21, 22; Romans 12:20, 21
29. 1 Peter 3:9
30. [See ver. 27 above]
31. For ver. 29, 30, see Matthew 5:39-42; [Romans 12:17]
32. Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 26:67
33. Psalms 37:21; Proverbs 21:26
34. Matthew 7:12
35. Matthew 5:46
36. [Luke 14:12-14; Proverbs 19:17; Matthew 5:42]
37. Psalms 37:26
38. ver. 27
39. Matthew 5:45
40. Luke 1:32; See Mark 5:7
41. [James 1:5]
42. [Matthew 5:7, 48; Ephesians 5:1, 2; James 3:17]
43. James 5:11
44. [Matthew 6:14; Matthew 18:23-35]
45. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8
46. Psalms 79:12; Isaiah 65:6, 7
47. Mark 4:24; [Judges 1:7]
48. Matthew 15:14
49. See Matthew 10:24
50. 2 Corinthians 13:11; Hebrews 13:21; 1 Peter 5:10; [1 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Timothy 3:17]
51. [See ver. 37 above]
52. [John 8:7-9]
53. For ver. 43, 44, see Matthew 7:16, 20
54. Matthew 12:33
55. Matthew 12:35; Matthew 15:18, 19; [Matthew 13:52; Ephesians 4:29]
56. [Matthew 5:37]
57. Matthew 12:34
58. [Malachi 1:6]; See Matthew 7:21
59. John 13:13
60. For ver. 47-49, see Matthew 7:24-27
61. [Ezekiel 13:10-16]
62. Amos 6:11

Footnotes 2

[a]. Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
[b]. Some manuscripts founded upon the rock

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