Luke 6: 20 - 42
| 20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, |
| “Blessed are you who are poor, |
| God’s Kingdom is yours. |
| 21Blessed are you who hunger now, |
| for you will be filled. |
| Blessed are you who weep now, |
| for you will laugh. |
| 22Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. |
| 23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets. |
| 24“But woe to you who are rich! |
| For you have received your consolation. |
| 25Woe to you, you who are full now, |
| for you will be hungry. |
| Woe to you who laugh now, |
| for you will mourn and weep. |
| 26Woe, when men speak well of you, |
| for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets. |
| 27“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. 29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also. 30Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. |
| 31“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. 32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. 35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind towards the unthankful and evil. |
| 36“Therefore be merciful, |
| even as your Father is also merciful. |
| 37Don’t judge, |
| and you won’t be judged. |
| Don’t condemn, |
| and you won’t be condemned. |
| Set free, |
| and you will be set free. |
| 38“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.” |
| 39He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit? 40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. 41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? 42Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye. |
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