Luke 6:20-49

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "¹Blessed are you who are poor, for ²yours 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 "³Blessed are you when men hate you, and ⁴ostracize 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 ⁵leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ⁶in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

24 "But woe to ⁷you who are rich, for ⁸you 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 ⁹false prophets in the same way.

27 "But I say to you who hear, ¹⁰love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

28 bless those who curse you, ¹¹pray for those who mistreat you.

29 "¹²Whoever 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 "¹³Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

32 "¹⁴If 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 "¹⁵If 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 ¹⁶love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be ¹⁷sons of ¹⁸the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

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

37 "¹⁹Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; ²⁰pardon, and you will be pardoned.

38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour ²¹into your lap a ²²good 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: "²³A blind man cannot * guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

40 "²⁴A 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 "²⁵For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

44 "²⁶For 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 "²⁷The 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; ²⁸for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

Builders and Foundations

46 "²⁹Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

47 "³⁰Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent 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 torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23
• 2. Matthew 5:3
• 3. 1 Peter 4:14
• 4. John 9:22; John 16:2
• 5. Malachi 4
• 6. 2 Chronicles 36:16; Acts 7:52
• 7. Luke 16:25; James 5:1
• 8. Matthew 6:2
• 9. Matthew 7:15
• 10. Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:35
• 11. Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:35
• 12. Luke 6:29, 30: {Matthew 5:39-42}
• 13. Matthew 7:12
• 14. Matthew 5:46
• 15. Matthew 5:42
• 16. Luke 6:27
• 17. Matthew 5:9
• 18. Luke 1:32
• 19. Luke 6:37-42: {Matthew 7:1-5}
• 20. Matthew 6:14; Luke 23:16; Acts 3:13
• 21. Mark 4:24
• 22. Psalms 79:12; Isaiah 65:6, 7; Jeremiah 32:18
• 23. Matthew 15:14
• 24. Matthew 10:24; John 13:16; John 15:20
• 25. Luke 6:43, 44: {Matt 7:16, 18, 20}
• 26. Matthew 7:16; Matthew 12:33
• 27. Matthew 12:35
• 28. Matthew 12:34
• 29. Malachi 1:6; Matthew 7:21
• 30. Luke 6:47-49: {Matthew 7:24-27;} James 1:22f

Footnotes

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