Luke:6
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One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields ,
and his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain ,
rubbing them in their hands .
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But some of the Pharisees said , »
Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath ?«
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Jesus answered them , »
Have you not read what David did when he was hungry ,
he and those who were with him :
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how he entered the house of God ,
took and ate the consecrated bread ,
and also gave some to those with him ,
which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat ?«
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And he said to them , »
The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath .«
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On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught ,
and a man was there whose right hand was withered .
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The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely ,
to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath ,
so that they might find an accusation against him .
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But he knew their thoughts ,
and said to the man who had the withered hand , »
Rise and stand here .«
And he rose and stood there .
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Then Jesus said to them , »
I ask you ,
which is lawful on the Sabbath :
to do good or to do evil ,
to save life or to destroy it ?«
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And he looked around at them all ,
and said to the man , »
Stretch out your hand .«
He did so ,
and his hand was restored .
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But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus .
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In those days he went out to the mountain to pray ,
and all night he continued in prayer to God .
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And when it was day ,
he called his disciples to himself ;
and from them he chose twelve ,
whom he also named apostles :
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Simon ,
whom he named Peter ,
and Andrew his brother ,
James and John ,
Philip ,
and Bartholomew ,
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Matthew ,
and Thomas ,
James the son of Alphaeus ,
and Simon who was called the Zealot ,
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Judas the son of James ,
and Judas Iscariot ,
who became a traitor .
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And he came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem ,
and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon ,
who came to hear him and be healed of their diseases ,
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and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured .
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And all the crowd sought to touch him ,
for power came from him and healed them all .
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He lifted up his eyes on his disciples ,
and said :
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Blessed are you when men hate you ,
and when they exclude you and revile you ,
and cast out your name as evil ,
because of the Son of Man .
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy ,
for behold ,
your reward is great in heaven ;
for so their fathers did to the prophets .
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Woe to you when all men speak well of you ,
for so did their fathers to the false prophets .
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But I say to you who hear :
love your enemies ,
do good to those who hate you ,
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bless those who curse you ,
pray for those who mistreat you .
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To him who strikes you on the one cheek ,
offer the other also .
And from him who takes away your cloak ,
do not withhold your tunic .
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Give to everyone who asks of you ,
and from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back .
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And as you wish that men would do to you ,
do so to them .
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If you love those who love you ,
what credit is that to you ?
For even sinners love those who love them .
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And if you do good to those who do good to you ,
what credit is that to you ?
For even sinners do the same .
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And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back ,
what credit is that to you ?
For even sinners lend to sinners ,
to receive as much back .
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But love your enemies ,
do good ,
and lend ,
expecting nothing in return ;
and your reward will be great ,
and you will be sons of the Most High .
For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil .
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Be merciful ,
just as your Father is merciful .
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Judge not ,
and you will not be judged .
Condemn not ,
and you will not be condemned .
Forgive ,
and you will be forgiven .
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Give ,
and it will be given to you ;
good measure ,
pressed down ,
shaken together and running over ,
will be put into your lap .
For with the measure you use ,
it will be measured back to you .«
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He also told them a parable : »
Can a blind man lead a blind man ?
Will they not both fall into a pit ?
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A disciple is not above his teacher ,
but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher .
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And why do you look at the speck in your brother '
s eye ,
but do not notice the plank in your own eye ?
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Or how can you say to your brother ,
Brother ,
let me remove the speck that is in your eye ,
when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye ?
You hypocrite !
First take the plank from out of your own eye ,
and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother '
s eye .
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For no good tree bears bad fruit ,
nor does a bad tree bear good fruit .
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For each tree is known by its own fruit .
For men do not gather figs from thorns ,
nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush .
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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good ,
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil .
For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks .
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Why do you call me ,
Lord ,
Lord ,
and do not do what I say ?
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Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them ,
I will show you what he is like :
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he is like a man building a house ,
who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock .
And when a flood arose ,
the stream broke against that house and could not shake it ,
because it was well built .
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But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation ;
against which the stream broke ,
and immediately it fell .
And the ruin of that house was great .«
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