Luke 6

Healing on the Sabbath Luke 6:6–11

⁶Verse 6. It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. ⁷Verse 7. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸Verse 8. But 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. ⁹Verse 9. Then 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?”

¹⁰Verse 10. He 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. ¹¹Verse 11. But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

Choosing the Twelve Apostles Luke 6:12–16

¹²Verse 12. In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³Verse 13. When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: ¹⁴Verse 14. Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; ¹⁵Verse 15. Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; ¹⁶Verse 16. Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.

The Crowd and Healings Luke 6:17–19

¹⁷Verse 17. He 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; ¹⁸Verse 18. as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed. ¹⁹Verse 19. All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.

The Beatitudes and Woes Luke 6:20–26

²⁰Verse 20. He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said,“Blessed are you who are poor,God’s Kingdom is yours.²¹Verse 21. Blessed are you who hunger now,for you will be filled.Blessed are you who weep now,for you will laugh.²²Verse 22. Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.²³Verse 23. Rejoice 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.²⁴Verse 24. “But woe to you who are rich!For you have received your consolation.²⁵Verse 25. Woe to you, you who are full now,for you will be hungry.Woe to you who laugh now,for you will mourn and weep.²⁶Verse 26. Woe,whenmen speak well of you,for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

Radical Love and Mercy Luke 6:27–38

²⁷Verse 27. “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸Verse 28. bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹Verse 29. To 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. ³⁰Verse 30. Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. ³¹Verse 31. “As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. ³²Verse 32. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

³³Verse 33. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴Verse 34. If 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. ³⁵Verse 35. But 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 toward the unthankful and evil. ³⁶Verse 36. “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. ³⁷Verse 37. Don’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.

³⁸Verse 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.”

Judgment and Foundations Luke 6:39–49

³⁹Verse 39. He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰Verse 40. A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. ⁴¹Verse 41. Why 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? ⁴²Verse 42. Or 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.

⁴³Verse 43. For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit. ⁴⁴Verse 44. For 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. ⁴⁵Verse 45. The 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. ⁴⁶Verse 46. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

⁴⁷Verse 47. Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. ⁴⁸Verse 48. He 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. ⁴⁹Verse 49. But 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.”