¹Now on the second Sabbath after the first , he was going through the grain fields . His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate , rubbing them in their hands .

²But some of the Pharisees said to them , “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day ?”

³Jesus , answering them , said , “Haven’ t you read what David did when he was hungry , he and those who were with him ,

⁴how he entered into God ’s house , and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him , which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone ?”

⁵He said to them , “ The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath .”

⁶It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught . There was a man there , and his right hand was withered .

⁷The scribes and the Pharisees watched him , to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath , that they might find an accusation against him .

⁸But he knew their thoughts ; and he said to the man who had the withered hand , “ Rise up and stand in the middle .” He arose and stood .

⁹Then Jesus said to them , “ I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good , or to do harm ? To save a life , or to kill?”

¹⁰He looked around at them all , and said to the man , “ Stretch out your hand .” He did , and his hand was restored as sound as the other .

¹¹But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus .

¹²In these days , he went out to the mountain to pray , and he continued all night in prayer to God .

¹³When it was day , he called his disciples , and from them he chose twelve , whom he also named apostles:

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

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

¹⁶Judas the son of James ; and Judas Iscariot , who also became a traitor .

¹⁷He came down with them and stood on a level place , with a crowd of his disciples and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon , who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases ,

¹⁸as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits ; and they were being healed .

¹⁹All the multitude sought to touch him , for power came out of him and healed them all .

²⁰He lifted up his eyes to his disciples , and said :

“ Blessed are you who are poor ,

for 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 ,[#6:26 TR adds “to you”; #6:26 TR adds “all”]

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 .

³²“ If 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 .”[#6:38 literally, into your bosom.]

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 .

⁴³“ For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit , nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit .

⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit . For people don’ t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

⁴⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good , and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil , for out of the abundance of the heart , his mouth speaks .

⁴⁶“ Why do you call me , ‘ Lord , Lord ,’ and don’t do the things which I say ?

⁴⁷Everyone who comes to me , and hears my words and does them , I will show you who he is like .

⁴⁸He is like a man building a house , who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock . When a flood arose , the stream broke against that house , and could not shake it , because it was founded on the rock .

⁴⁹But he who hears and doesn’ t do , is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation , against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was great .”