Luke 6:7-37

⁷And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

⁸But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

⁹And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

¹⁰And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.

¹¹But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

¹²And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

¹³And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

¹⁴Simon, to whom he gave the name of 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, who was named the Zealot,

¹⁶And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.

¹⁷And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

¹⁸And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.

¹⁹And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.

²⁰And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

²¹Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

²²Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

²³Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

²⁴But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

²⁵Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

²⁶Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

²⁷But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

²⁸Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

²⁹If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

³⁰Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.

³²If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

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

³⁴And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

³⁵But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

³⁶Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

³⁷Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free: