Luke 6:19-47

¹⁹and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.

²⁰Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

²²Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they expel you from among them, and insult you, and reject your name as an evil thing — because of the Son of Man.

²³Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.

²⁴But alas for you who are rich, for you have had your comforts in full.

²⁵Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

²⁶Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.

²⁷But to you who hear I say — love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,

²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who insult you.

²⁹When someone gives one of you a blow on the cheek, offer the other cheek as well; and, when anyone takes away your cloak, do not keep back your coat either.

³⁰Give to everyone who asks of you; and, when anyone takes away what is yours, do not demand its return.

³¹Do to others as you wish them to do to you.

³²If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!

³³For, if you show kindness only to those who show kindness to you, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast do that!

³⁴If you lend only to those from whom you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you? Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting as much in return!

³⁵But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.

³⁶Learn to be merciful — even as your Father is merciful.

³⁷Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

³⁸Give, and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap; For The standard you use will be the standard used for you.”

³⁹Then, speaking in parables, Jesus said, “Can one blind person guide another? Will they not both fall into a ditch?

⁴⁰A student is not above their teacher; yet every finished student will be like their teacher.

⁴¹And why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone's eye, while you pay no attention at all to the plank of wood in your own?

⁴²How can you say to your friend ‘Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the plank in your own? Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck in your friend's.

⁴³There is no such thing as a good tree bearing worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless tree bearing good fruit.

⁴⁴For every tree is known by its own fruit. People do not gather figs off thorn bushes, nor pick a bunch of grapes off a bramble.

⁴⁵A good person, from the good stores of their heart, brings out what is good; while a bad person, from their bad stores, brings out what is bad. For what fills someone's heart will rise to their lips.

⁴⁶Why do you call me ‘Master! Master!’ and yet fail to do what I tell you?

⁴⁷Everyone who comes to me and listens to my teaching and acts on it — I will show you to whom they may be compared.