Luke:6:17-7

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* With these he came down till he reached a level place , where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon . These came to hear him , and to be healed of their diseases . * Those who were tormented by unclean spirits were healed also . * The whole crowd were trying to touch him , because power emanated from him and cured them all . * Then raising his eyes upon his disciples he began to say to them . "Blessed are you poor , For the kingdom of God is yours . * "Blessed are you who are hungry now , For you shall be filled . "Blessed are you who are wailing now , For you shall laugh . * "Blessed are you when men shall hate you , And excommunicate you and reproach you , and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man . * "Rejoice in that day and exult , For your reward is great in heaven ; For even so did their fathers to the prophets . * "But woe to you rich ! For you already have received your consolation . * "Woe unto you who are full now ! For you shall suffer hunger . "Woe to you who are laughing now ! For you shall wail and weep . * "Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you ! For even so did their fathers to the false prophets . * "But to you who are listening to me I say , Love your enemies , do good to those who hate you , * Bless those who curse you , pray for those who calumniate you . * To him who gives you a blow on the jaw Turn the other jaw also ; And from him who is robbing you of your cloak Withhold not your coat also . * Give to every one who asks you ; And do not demand your goods back from him who is taking them away . * And as you would like men to do to you , So do you also to them . * "If you love those who love you what credit is it to you ? Why even sinners love those who love them . * "And if you are kind to those who are kind to you , what credit is it to you ? Even sinners do the same . * "And if you lend to those from whom you are hoping to receive , what credit is that to you ? Even sinners lend to sinners , so as to get as much back . * "But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them , And lend , despairing of no man . Then your reward will be great , And you will be the sons of the Most High ; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil . * "Do you therefore be merciful , As your Father is merciful . * "Do not judge , and you shall not be judged ; Do not condemn , and you shall not be condemned ; * "Pardon , and you shall be pardoned ; Give , and gifts shall be given to you ; Full measure , pressed down , shaken together , running over , they shall pour into your bosom . For with what measure you measure , they will measure back to you ." * He also told them a parable . "Can a blind man lead a blind man ? Will they not both fall into a pit ? * "There is no disciple who is above his master ; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master . * "And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brothers eye , but never consider the beam that is in your own eye ? * "Or how can you say to your brother . "Brother , allow me to pull that splinter out of your eye ," when you do not see the beam in your own eye ? Hypocrite ! Take out first the beam from your own eye , and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter from your brothers eye . * "For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit , nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit ; for each tree is known by its own fruit . * "You do not gather figs from thorns , and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush . * "The good man out of the good treasure-house of his heart brings forth good ; and the evil man out of the evil treasure-house of his heart brings forth evil ; for the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart . * "And why are you calling me Lord , Lord , and not doing what I tell you ? * "I will show whom the man that comes to me , and listens to my works , and does them , is like . * "He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock . And , when a flood came , the torrent dashed against that house , but could not move , because it had been founded upon rock . * "But he who listens but does not do , is like a man who built a house upon the soil , without foundations , against which the torrent burst , and at once it fell in , and the ruin of that house was great ."

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