Luke 6:1-26

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 consecrated 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 whose * 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 what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward *!" And he got up and came 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 rage, and discussed together * what * they might do to Jesus.

Choosing the Twelve

12 It was at 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 James 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 people 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 you who are poor, for ²²yours is the kingdom of God.

21 "Blessed are you 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 treat the prophets.

24 "But woe to ²⁷you who are rich, for ²⁸you are receiving your comfort in full.

25 "Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.