Luke 6:12-45

Choosing the Twelve

12 It was at this time that He went off to ¹the mountain to ²pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

13 And when day came, ³He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ⁴apostles:

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

15 and ⁵Matthew 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 ⁶came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ⁷a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ⁸Tyre 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 ⁹touch Him, for ¹⁰power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "¹¹Blessed are you who are poor, for ¹²yours 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 "¹³Blessed are you when men hate you, and ¹⁴ostracize 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 ¹⁵leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ¹⁶in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

24 "But woe to ¹⁷you who are rich, for ¹⁸you 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.

26 "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the ¹⁹false prophets in the same way.

27 "But I say to you who hear, ²⁰love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

28 bless those who curse you, ²¹pray for those who mistreat you.

29 "²²Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

30 "Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

31 "²³Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

32 "²⁴If 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 "²⁵If 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 ²⁶love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be ²⁷sons of ²⁸the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

36 "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

37 "²⁹Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; ³⁰pardon, and you will be pardoned.

38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour ³¹into your lap a ³²good 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: "³³A blind man cannot * guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

40 "³⁴A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be 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 "³⁵For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

44 "³⁶For 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 "³⁷The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; ³⁸for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:1
• 2. Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16; Luke 9:18, 28
• 3. Luke 6:13-16: {Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Acts 1:13}
• 4. Mark 6:30
• 5. Matthew 9:9
• 6. Luke 6:12
• 7. Matthew 4:25; Mark 3:7, 8
• 8. Matthew 11:21
• 9. Matthew 9:21; Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10
• 10. Luke 5:17
• 11. Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23
• 12. Matthew 5:3
• 13. 1 Peter 4:14
• 14. John 9:22; John 16:2
• 15. Malachi 4
• 16. 2 Chronicles 36:16; Acts 7:52
• 17. Luke 16:25; James 5:1
• 18. Matthew 6:2
• 19. Matthew 7:15
• 20. Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:35
• 21. Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:35
• 22. Luke 6:29, 30: {Matthew 5:39-42}
• 23. Matthew 7:12
• 24. Matthew 5:46
• 25. Matthew 5:42
• 26. Luke 6:27
• 27. Matthew 5:9
• 28. Luke 1:32
• 29. Luke 6:37-42: {Matthew 7:1-5}
• 30. Matthew 6:14; Luke 23:16; Acts 3:13
• 31. Mark 4:24
• 32. Psalms 79:12; Isaiah 65:6, 7; Jeremiah 32:18
• 33. Matthew 15:14
• 34. Matthew 10:24; John 13:16; John 15:20
• 35. Luke 6:43, 44: {Matt 7:16, 18, 20}
• 36. Matthew 7:16; Matthew 12:33
• 37. Matthew 12:35
• 38. Matthew 12:34

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "in these days"
• [b]. Or "Jacob," also vv 15 and 16
• [c]. Lit "crowd"
• [d]. Lit "the"
• [e]. Lit "the"
• [f]. Lit "do to"
• [g]. Lit "having been filled"
• [h]. Lit "do to"
• [i]. Or "revile"
• [j]. I.e. outer garment
• [k]. Or "tunic;" i.e. garment worn next to body
• [l]. Lit "Do to"
• [m]. Lit "people"
• [n]. Or "not despairing at all"
• [o]. Or "Become"
• [p]. Lit "release"
• [q]. Lit "give"
• [r]. Or "disciple"
• [s]. Or "reach his teacher's level"
• [t]. Lit "again"
• [u]. Or "treasury, storehouse"
• [v]. Lit "the abundance of"