Luke 6 (New American Standard)

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

1 ¹Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath ; and His disciples ²were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what ³is not lawful on the Sabbath ?" 3 And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read ⁴what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, 4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the ^aconsecrated bread which ⁵is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions ?" 5 And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." 6 ⁶On another Sabbath He entered ⁷the synagogue and was teaching ; and there was a man there ^bwhose right hand was withered. 7 The scribes and the Pharisees ⁸were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. 8 But He ⁹knew ^cwhat they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and ^dcome forward !" And he got up and ^ecame forward. 9 And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?" 10 After ¹⁰looking around at them all, He said to him, "Stretch out your hand !" And he did so; and his hand was restored. 11 But they themselves were filled with ^frage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

Choosing the Twelve

12 It was ^gat this time that He went off to ¹¹the mountain to ¹²pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, ¹³He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ¹⁴apostles : 14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother ; and ^hJames and John ; and Philip and Bartholomew ; 15 and ¹⁵Matthew and Thomas ; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot ; 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. 17 Jesus ¹⁶came down with them and stood on a level place ; and there was ¹⁷a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ¹⁸Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases ; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. 19 And all the ⁱpeople were trying to ¹⁹touch Him, for ²⁰power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "²¹Blessed are ^jyou who are poor, for ²²yours is the kingdom of God. 21 "Blessed are ^kyou who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 "²³Blessed are you when men hate you, and ²⁴ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. 23 "Be glad in that day and ²⁵leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ²⁶in the same way their fathers used to ^ltreat the prophets. 24 "But woe to ²⁷you who are rich, for ²⁸you are receiving your comfort in full. 25 "Woe to you who ^mare well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to ⁿtreat the ²⁹false prophets in the same way. 27 "But I say to you who hear, ³⁰love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, ³¹pray for those who ^omistreat you. 29 "³²Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also ; and whoever takes away your ^pcoat, do not withhold your ^qshirt from him either. 30 "Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. 31 "^r33Treat others the same way you want ^sthem to treat you. 32 "³⁴If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 "If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 "³⁵If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. 35 "But ³⁶love your enemies, and do good, and lend, ^texpecting nothing in return ; and your reward will be great, and you will be ³⁷sons of ³⁸the Most High ; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. 36 "^uBe merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 "³⁹Do not judge, and you will not be judged ; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned ; ^v40pardon, and you will be pardoned. 38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will ^wpour ⁴¹into your lap a ⁴²good measure -pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." 39 And He also spoke a parable to them: "⁴³A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit ? 40 "⁴⁴A ^xpupil is not above his teacher ; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will ^ybe like his teacher. 41 "Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye ? 42 "Or 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. 43 "⁴⁵For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, ^zon the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. 44 "⁴⁶For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. 45 "⁴⁷The good man out of the good ^aatreasure of his heart brings forth what is good ; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil ; ⁴⁸for his mouth speaks from ^bbthat which fills his heart.

Builders and Foundations

46 "⁴⁹Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say ? 47 "⁵⁰Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^ccacts on them, I will show you whom he is like : 48 he is like a man building a house, who ^dddug deep and laid a foundation on the rock ; and when a flood occurred, the ^eetorrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 "But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation ; and the ^fftorrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."