Luke 6:27-44

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.

³³And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

³⁴And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive it back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may receive the same amount back.

³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping to receive nothing back; and your reward shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

³⁶Therefore be compassionate, just as your Father also is compassionate.

³⁷“And do not judge, and you shall not be judged. Do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

³⁸Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure, pressed down and shaken and running over they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it shall be measured back to you.”

³⁹And He spoke a parable to them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone, having been fully trained, will be like his teacher.

⁴¹And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the plank in your own eye?

⁴²Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, permit me to remove the speck which is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck which is in your brother's eye.

⁴³“For a good tree does not produce corrupt fruit, nor does a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a thorn bush.