Luke 6:2-32

²But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

³But Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read this, what David did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him:

⁴how he entered into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?”

⁵And He said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

⁶Now it happened that on another Sabbath, He entered the synagogue and was teaching. And there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

⁷And the scribes and Pharisees were observing if whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

⁸But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand in the midst.” And he arose and stood.

⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

¹⁰And when He had looked around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

¹¹But they were filled with fury, and they were discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

¹³And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles:

¹⁴He chose Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

¹⁵Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;

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

¹⁷And having come down with them, He 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,

¹⁸as well as those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

¹⁹And all the crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was going out from Him, and was healing them all.

²⁰Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.

²²Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And when they shall exclude you, And shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, Because of the Son of Man.

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

²⁴But woe to you who are rich, Because you have received your consolation.

²⁵Woe to you who have been filled, For you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.

²⁶Woe to you when men speak well of you, For in like manner their fathers would do to the false prophets.

²⁷“But 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 mistreat you.

²⁹To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes your outer garment, do not forbid the tunic either.

³⁰Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your belongings, do not ask for them back.

³¹And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

³²“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.