Luke 6:7-37

⁷and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

⁸And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, 'Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

⁹Then said Jesus unto them, 'I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

¹⁰And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

¹¹and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

¹³and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

¹⁴(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

¹⁶Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

¹⁷and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

¹⁸and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

¹⁹and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

²⁰And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor — because yours is the reign of God.

²¹'Happy those hungering now — because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now — because ye shall laugh.

²²'Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake —

²³rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward is great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

²⁴'But woe to you — the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

²⁵'Woe to you who have been filled — because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now — because ye shall mourn and weep.

²⁶'Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you — for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

²⁷'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

²⁸bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

²⁹and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

³⁰'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

³¹and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

³²and — if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

³³and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

³⁴and if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners — that they may receive again as much.

³⁵'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

³⁶be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

³⁷'And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.