Luke 6:2-32

²And certaine of the Pharises sayde vnto them, Why doe ye that which is not lawfull to doe on the Sabbath dayes?

³Then Iesus answered them, and said, Haue ye not read this, that Dauid did when he himselfe was an hungred, and they which were with him,

⁴Howe he went into the house of God, and tooke, and ate the shewbread, and gaue also to them which were with him, which was not lawful to eate, but for the Priests onely?

⁵And he sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.

⁶It came to passe also on another Sabbath, that hee entred into the Synagogue, and taught, and there was a man, whose right hand was dryed vp.

⁷And the Scribes and Pharises watched him, whether he would heale on the Sabbath day, that they might finde an accusation against him.

⁸But he knew their thoughts, and sayd to the man which had the withered hand, Arise, and stand vp in the middes. And hee arose, and stoode vp.

⁹Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?

¹⁰And he behelde them all in compasse, and sayd vnto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored againe, as whole as the other.

¹¹Then they were filled full of madnes, and communed one with another, what they might doe to Iesus.

¹²And it came to passe in those dayes, that he went into a mountaine to praye, and spent the night in prayer to God.

¹³And when it was day, he called his disciples, and of them he chose twelue which also he called Apostles.

¹⁴(Simon whome he named also Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe and Bartlemewe:

¹⁵Matthewe and Thomas: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelous,

¹⁶Iudas Iames brother, and Iudas Iscariot, which also was the traitour.)

¹⁷Then he came downe with them, and stood in a plaine place, with the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Iudea, and Hierusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyrus and Sidon, which came to heare him, and to be healed of their diseases:

¹⁸And they that were vexed with foule spirits, and they were healed.

¹⁹And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went vertue out of him, and healed them all.

²⁰And hee lifted vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayd, Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.

²¹Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfied: blessed are ye that weepe now: for ye shall laugh.

²²Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reuile you, and put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.

²³Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

²⁴But wo be to you that are rich: for ye haue receiued your consolation.

²⁵Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wayle and weepe.

²⁶Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

²⁷But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

²⁸Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

²⁹And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

³⁰Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

³¹And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

³²For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.