Luke 6

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 It happened that one Sabbath he was walking through the cornfields, and his disciples were pickingears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them.	1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2 Some of the Pharisees said, 'Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath day?'	2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3 Jesus answered them, 'So you have not read what David did when he and his fol owers were hungry-	3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
4 how he went into the house of God and took the loaves of the offering and ate them and gave them tohis fol owers, loaves which the priests alone are al owed to eat?'	4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
5 And he said to them, 'The Son of man is master of the Sabbath.'	5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6 Now on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, andhis right hand was withered.	6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
7 The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath,hoping to find something to charge him with.	7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand out in themiddle!' And he came forward and stood there.	8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
9 Then Jesus said to them, 'I put it to you: is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to savelife, or to destroy it?'	9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
10 Then he looked round at them al and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He did so, and his handwas restored.	10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11 But they were furious and began to discuss the best way of dealing with Jesus.	11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
12 Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night inprayer to God.	12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13 When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he cal ed them 'apostles':	13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14 Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,	14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon cal ed the Zealot,	15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.	16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
17 He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a largegathering of his disciples, with a great crowd of people from al parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastalregion of Tyre and Sidon	17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18 who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits werealso cured,	18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them al .	19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20 Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of Godis yours.	20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who are hungry now: you shal have your fil . Blessed are you who are weeping now:you shall laugh.	21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 'Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal,on account of the Son of man.	22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look!-your reward wil be great in heaven. This wasthe way their ancestors treated the prophets.	23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now.	24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25 Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shal go hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: youshall mourn and weep.	25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 'Alas for you when everyone speaks wel of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the falseprophets.	26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
27 'But I say this to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,	27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly.	28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29 To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well; to anyone who takes yourcloak from you, do not refuse your tunic.	29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
30 Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your property back from someone who takes it.	30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31 Treat others as you would like people to treat you.	31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 If you love those who love you, what credit can you expect? Even sinners love those who love them.	32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit can you expect? For even sinners do thatmuch.	33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to get money back, what credit can you expect? Evensinners lend to sinners to get back the same amount.	34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 Instead, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without any hope of return. You wil have agreat reward, and you wil be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.	35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36 'Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.	36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you wil not be condemned; forgive,and you wil be forgiven.	37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and there wil be gifts for you: a ful measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing,wil be poured into your lap; because the standard you use will be the standard used for you.'	38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39 He also told them a parable, 'Can one blind person guide another? Surely both wil fal into a pit?	39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 Disciple is not superior to teacher; but ful y trained disciple wil be like teacher.	40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41 Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?	41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 How can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me take out that splinter in your eye," when you cannotsee the great log in your own? Hypocrite! Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you wil see clearlyenough to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.	42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43 'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit.	43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 Every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes frombrambles.	44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 Good people draw what is good from the store of goodness in their hearts; bad people draw what isbad from the store of badness. For the words of the mouth flow out of what fil s the heart.	45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46 'Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord" and not do what I say?	46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 'Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them -- I wil show you what such aperson is like.	47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 Such a person is like the man who, when he built a house, dug, and dug deep, and laid thefoundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so welbuilt.	48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But someone who listens and does nothing is like the man who built a house on soil, with nofoundations; as soon as the river bore down on it, it col apsed; and what a ruin that house became!'	49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.