Luke:6

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* Jesus and his disciples went through the grain fields on a Sabbath . His disciples plucked the ears , rubbed them in their hands and ate . * Some of the Pharisees asked : »Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day ?« * Jesus answered : »Have you not read what David did when he was hungry . He and his companions , * entered into the house of God . They and the others with them ate the showbread . It is only lawful for the priest to eat it .« * He continued : »The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath .« * He entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath and taught . There was a man there whose right hand was withered . * The scribes and the Pharisees watched to see if he would heal on the Sabbath . They looked for a way to accuse him . * He knew their thoughts . So he said to the man that had the withered hand : »Stand up and come here .« He arose and stepped forward . * Jesus said : »I ask you , is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm ? Is it lawful to save a life , or to destroy it ?« * He looked around at everyone and said to the man : »Stretch out your hand .« And he did so and his hand was restored . * They were all very angry and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus . * He went to the mountain to pray and he continued all night in prayer to God . * The next day he called his disciples to choose from them twelve , whom he named apostles : * Simon , whom he also named Peter , and Andrew his brother , and James and John , and Philip and Bartholomew , * and Matthew and Thomas , and James the son of Alphaeus , and Simon who was called the Zealous one , * And finally there was Judas the son of James , and Judas Iscariot , who became a traitor . * He came down with them , and stood on a level place . A great crowd of his disciples , and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem came to hear him . Others from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases . * Those who were troubled with unclean spirits were healed . * The crowd tried to touch him for power came forth from him and healed them all . * He looked at his disciples and said : »Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God . * »Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled . Blessed are you who weep now : for you shall laugh . * »Blessed are you when men hate you , and when they separate you from their company , and reproach you , and cast out your name as evil , for the Son of man ’s sake . * »Rejoice in that day and leap for joy . For your reward is great in heaven . Your fathers treated the prophets the same way . * »Woe to you who are rich ! You have received your reward . * »Woe to you who are full now ! For you will hunger . Woe to you who laugh now ! You will mourn and weep . * »Woe to you when all men speak well of you ! Their fathers did the same to the prophets . * »I tell you who listen , love your enemies and do good to those who hate you . * »Bless those who curse you . Pray for those who despitefully use you . * »When someone slaps you on one cheek offer the other . Give your coat to the one who takes your topcoat . * »Give to every one who asks of you and do not demand back your goods from he who takes from you . * »As you would like men to do to you , do also to them . * »If you love those who love you what thanks do you have ? Even sinners love those who love them . * »If you do good to those who do good to you what thanks do you have ? Even sinners do the same . * »If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive what thanks do you have ? Even sinners lend to sinners to receive again as much . * »Love your enemies and do good to them . Lend expecting nothing in return and your reward will be great . You will be sons of the Most High for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil . * »Be merciful even as your Father is merciful . * »Do not judge and you will not be judged . Do not condemn and you will not be condemned . Forgive and you will be forgiven . * »Give and it shall be given to you . You will receive a good measure . It will be pressed down , shaken together , running over and they will give it to you . For with the measure that you measure out it will be measured to you also .« * He told them an illustration : »Can the blind guide the blind ? Would they both fall into a pit ? * »The disciple is not above his teacher . Every one will be like his teacher when he is fully trained . * »Why do you see the speck in your brother ’s eye ? Yet you do not consider the beam in your own eye . * »How can you say to your brother : ‘Let me remove the speck in your eye when you do not notice the beam in your own eye ?’ You hypocrite ! First remove the beam from your own eye . Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother ’s eye . * »A good tree does not produce corrupt fruit and a corrupt tree does not produce good fruit . * »The identity of a tree is made clear by the fruit it produces . Men do not gather figs from thorns , nor do they gather grapes from a bramble . * »The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good . The evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth that which is evil . Out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks . * »Why do you call me Lord , and do not do what I tell you to do ? * »Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them , I will show you to whom he is like . * »He is like a man building a house . He dug and laid a deep foundation upon the rock . A flood sent a stream of water against the house and could not shake it because it was well built . * »He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation . A flood will send a stream of water and immediately it will fall . The ruin of that house will be great .«

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