Luke 6:8-38

⁸But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Get up, and stand in the midst. And having risen up he stood there.

⁹Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

¹⁰And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. And he did so and his hand was restored as the other.

¹¹But they were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

¹²And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

¹³And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

¹⁴Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

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

¹⁶and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also his betrayer;

¹⁷and having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

¹⁸and those that were beset by unclean spirits were healed.

¹⁹And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.

²⁰And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

²²Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:

²³rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

²⁴But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.

²⁵Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

²⁶Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

²⁷But to you that hear I say, Love your enemies; do good to those that hate you;

²⁸bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.

²⁹To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.

³⁰To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

³¹And as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

³²And if ye love those that love you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners love those that love them.

³³And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

³⁴And if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what thank is it to you? for even sinners lend to sinners that they may receive the like.

³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.

³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful.

³⁷And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you.

³⁸Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.