Luke 6:10-36

¹⁰And looking round on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored.

¹¹But they were filled with madness, and conferred with one another as to what they should do to Jesus.

¹²And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

¹³And when it was day, he called to him his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles;

¹⁴Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

¹⁵and Matthew and Thomas, and James the Son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the zealot,

¹⁶and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹⁷And he came down with them, and stood on a level place with a great multitude of his disciples, and a great crowd of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

¹⁸And they that were harassed with unclean spirits were cured.

¹⁹And the whole multitude sought to touch him, because power went out of him and healed all.

²⁰And raising his eyes toward his disciples, he said, Blessed are ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh.

²²Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.

²³Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for lo! your reward is great in heaven; for thus their fathers did to the prophets.

²⁴But woe to you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

²⁵Woe to you that are full now! for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye will mourn and weep.

²⁶Woe, when all men speak well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.

²⁷But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;

²⁸bless those who curse you; pray for those who are spiteful to you.

²⁹To him that smiteth thee on one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

³⁰Give to every one that asketh of thee; and from him that taketh away thy goods, demand them not again.

³¹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also in like manner to them.

³²And if ye love those who love you, what thanks do ye deserve? for sinners also love those who love them.

³³For if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do ye deserve? even sinners do the same.

³⁴And if ye lend to those from whom ye expect to receive, what thanks do ye deserve? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much in return.

³⁵But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.

³⁶Be merciful, as your Father is merciful.