Luke:6

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* Jesus was walking through the grain fields on a Sabbath day . His disciples picked some of the grain as they went along . They cleaned it by rubbing it in their hands , and ate it . * Some of the Pharisees said , Why do your disciples do what is not right on the Sabbath day ?" * Jesus answered them , Have you not read what David did ? He and his men were hungry . * He went into Gods house . Some bread was there for God . But David took the bread and ate it . He also gave some of it to the men who were with him . Only the priests have the right to eat that bread . * Jesus said to them , The Son of Man rules over the Sabbath day . * On another Sabbath day , Jesus went into the meeting house and taught . A man was there whose right hand was thin and weak . * The scribes and Pharisees watched Jesus to see if he would heal the man on the Sabbath day . They wanted to find something wrong about Jesus . * But Jesus knew what they were thinking . He spoke to the man whose hand was thin and weak . He said , Come and stand here in front The man stood up . * Jesus said to them , I ask you , is it right to do good things on the Sabbath day , or to do wrong things ? Is it right to heal people so that they will live , or to let them die ? * He looked around at them all . Then he said to the man , Hold out your hand . The man did so and it was made well like the other hand . * The Pharisees were very angry and they talked together about what they could do to Jesus . * About that time Jesus went out of the city on the hill to talk with God . He talked with God all night . * In the morning he called his disciples to him . He chose twelve of them and called them apostles &lt ;FI &gt ;special messengers &lt ;Fi &gt ;. * They were Simon , whom Jesus called Peter , and his brother Andrew , James and John , Philip and Bartholomew , Matthew and Thomas , James the son of Alphaeus , and Simon the freedom fighter , Judas the son of James , and Judas Iscariot , the one who gave Jesus over to people who hated him . * Then Jesus came down the hill with them and stood on the flat ground . Many people came . There were many of his disciples . And there were many people from all parts of Judea , and from Jerusalem , and from the seaside of Tyre and Sidon . They came to hear him and to be healed because they were sick . * Some were troubled by bad spirits , and they were healed . * All the people wanted to touch Jesus . Power came from him and he healed them all . * Jesus looked at his disciples and said , God will make happy you who are poor . The kingdom of God is for you . * God will make happy you who are hungry now . You will be filled . God will make happy you who cry now . You will laugh . * God will make you happy when people hate you , when they will not let you belong to their group , when they say wrong things about you and make your name bad . God blesses you when it is for the sake of the Son of Man . * Be very happy on that day and dance for joy . God will be good to you in heaven . The fathers of these people did the same things to the prophets of God long ago . * But you who are rich will have trouble . You have already had your good times . * You who have all you want now will have trouble ! You will be hungry . You who laugh now will have trouble . You will be sad and cry . * When all the people praise you , you will have trouble ! The fathers of these people did the same things to those who were not true prophets of God . * But I say to you who hear , love your enemies . Do good things to those who hate you . * Bless those who use bad words about you . Ask God to do good to those who trouble you . * If someone hits you on one side of your face , turn the other side also . If someone takes your coat , let him have your shirt also . * Give to every one who begs you for something . * Do to other people what you want them to do to you . * If you love those who love you , what good is there in that ? Even bad people love those who love them . * If you do good things to those who do good things to you , what good is there in that ? Bad people do the same . * If you lend to those who will give to you , what good is there in that ? Even bad people lend to bad people , if they think they will get the same from them . * Love your enemies . Do good things . Lend to people and do not look to get anything back . You will be paid well . You will be sons of the Highest One . He is kind to those who do not thank him and to those who are bad . * So be kind like your Father . * Do not judge others and you will not be judged . Do not punish others , and you will not be punished . Let others go free and God will let you go free . * Give to people and they will give to you . They will fill your cup , press it down , shake it , and let it run over . That is what they will give to you . How much you give to others is how much God will give to you . * Jesus also told the people a story . He said , A blind man cannot lead a blind man . They will both fall into a hole . * The one who learns is not better than his teacher . But every one who learns will be like his teacher when his teacher has finished teaching him . * Why do you look at the small piece of dust in your brothers eye ? And you do not see the big stick in your own eye . * How can you say to your brother , "Brother , let me take the dust out of your eye "? But you do not see the stick in your own eye . You are not true to yourselves ! First take the stick out of your own eye . Then you will be able to see to take the dust out of your brothers eye . * A good tree does not have bad fruit . And also , a bad tree does not have good fruit . * Every kind of tree is known by its fruit . People do not pick fruit like figs from thorn trees . And they do not pick grapes from bramble bushes . * A good man has stored up good things in his heart , so he says good things . A bad man has stored up wrong things in his heart , so he will say wrong things . The mouth will say what is in the heart . * Why do you call me "Lord , Lord ," but you do not do what I tell you ? * A person comes to me . He hears what I say and obeys me . I will show you who he is like . * He is like a man who built a house . He dug down deep in the ground and made it stand on a rock . The water in the river came up high . The water beat hard against the house . But the house did not move , because it was built on a rock . * A man hears what I say but does not obey me . He is like a man who built his house on top of the ground . He did not dig down deep . The water beat hard against it and it fell with a loud noise !

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