7.
Breaking the deformed sabbatical regulation for people's satisfaction and liberation
6:1-11
Luke 6
:1
6:1
1And 2one aSabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples were picking and eating the
bears of grain, rubbing
them in their hands.
Luke 6
:2
6:2
And some of the
aPharisees said, Why are you doing what is
bnot lawful to do on the Sabbath?
Luke 6
:3
6:3
And Jesus answered them and said, Have you not even read this that
aDavid did when he became hungry, he and those who were with him;
Luke 6
:4
6:4
How he entered into the house of God, and taking the
abread of the presence, he ate
it and gave
some to those with him, which is not lawful
for anyone to eat except the priests alone?
Luke 6
:5
6:5
And He said to them, The
aSon of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
Luke 6
:6
6:6
And 1on another Sabbath He entered into the
asynagogue and
2taught. And there was a
bman there, and his right hand was withered.
Luke 6
:7
6:7
And the scribes and the Pharisees were
awatching Him closely
to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find
reason to
baccuse Him.
Luke 6
:8
6:8
But He
aknew their reasonings and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise and stand in the midst. And he rose up and stood.
Luke 6
:9
6:9
And Jesus said to them, I ask you, Is it
alawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a
1life or to destroy
it?
Luke 6
:10
6:10
And alooking around at all of them, He said to him, Stretch out your hand. And he did, and his hand was restored.
Luke 6
:11
6:11
But they were filled with
1arage and
bdiscussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
8.
Appointing twelve apostles
6:12-16
Luke 6
:12
6:12
And in these days He went out to the mountain to
1apray, and He spent the whole night in
2prayer to God.
Luke 6
:13
6:13
And when it became day, He
1acalled His
bdisciples to
Him, and He chose from them twelve, whom He also named
capostles:
Luke 6
:14
6:14
aSimon, whom He also named
bPeter, and
cAndrew his brother and
dJames and John and
ePhilip and Bartholomew
Luke 6
:15
6:15
And aMatthew and Thomas and James
the son of Alphaeus and Simon, who was called Zealot,
Luke 6
:16
6:16
And aJudas the 1brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor.
9.
Teaching His disciples the highest morality
6:17-49
Luke 6
:17
6:17
And He came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a
agreat crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of
bTyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases.
Luke 6
:18
6:18
And those who were troubled by unclean
aspirits were healed.
Luke 6
:19
6:19
And all the crowd sought to
atouch Him, because
bpower was going out from Him and healing all.
Luke 6
:20
6:20
And He
alifted up His eyes to His disciples and
bsaid,
1Blessed are the
2cpoor, for yours is the
3dkingdom of God.
Luke 6
:21
6:21
Blessed are those who
ahunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who
bweep now, for you shall laugh.
Luke 6
:22
6:22
Blessed are you when men
ahate you and when they separate you from
them and
breproach you and
ccast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
Luke 6
:23
6:23
aRejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the
bprophets.
Luke 6
:24
6:24
1But awoe to you who are
brich, for you have
2creceived your consolation in full.
Luke 6
:25
6:25
Woe to you who are satiated now, for you shall
ahunger. Woe
to you who are
blaughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.
Luke 6
:26
6:26
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false
aprophets.
Luke 6
:27
6:27
But to you who hear I say,
1Love your
aenemies; do well to those who hate you;
Luke 6
:28
6:28
aBless those who curse you;
bpray for those who revile you.
Luke 6
:29
6:29
To him who
abeats you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
Luke 6
:30
6:30
To everyone who asks of you,
agive; and from him who takes away your things, do not require their return.
Luke 6
:31
6:31
And just as you want men to
ado to you, do to them likewise.
Luke 6
:32
6:32
And if you
alove those who love you, what
1thanks is it to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Luke 6
:33
6:33
For if you also do good to those who do good to you, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners do the same.
Luke 6
:34
6:34
And if you
alend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is it to you? Even sinners lend to sinners that they may get back the equal
amount.
Luke 6
:35
6:35
But love your
aenemies, and do good and
blend,
1expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be
csons of the
dMost High; for He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Luke 6
:36
6:36
Be full of compassion, even
aas your Father also is full of
bcompassion.
Luke 6
:37
6:37
And 1do anot judge, and you shall by no means be judged; and do
bnot condemn, and you shall by no means be condemned;
crelease, and you will be released;
Luke 6
:38
6:38
aGive, and it will be given to you; a good measure, pressed down, shaken together,
and running over, they will give into your
1bosom. For with what
bmeasure you measure, it shall be measured to you in return.
Luke 6
:39
6:39
And He also spoke a parable to them:
1A 2blind man cannot
aguide a blind man, can he? Will not both fall into a pit?
Luke 6
:40
6:40
A adisciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who has been perfected will be like his teacher.
Luke 6
:41
6:41
And why do you
1look at the
asplinter which is in your brother's eye, but the beam which is in your
bown eye you do not consider?
Luke 6
:42
6:42
How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me remove the splinter which is in your eye, you yourself not seeing the beam which is in your eye?
1Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the splinter which is in your brother's eye.
Luke 6
:43
6:43
For there is
ano good tree that produces corrupt fruit, nor again a corrupt tree that produces good fruit.
Luke 6
:44
6:44
For each tree is
aknown by its own fruit. For
men do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a thornbush.
Luke 6
:45
6:45
The good man, out of the
agood treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is good, and the evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, brings forth that which is evil; for
bout of the abundance of
his heart his mouth speaks.
Luke 6
:46
6:46
And why do you call Me,
aLord, Lord, and do not do the things that I say?
Luke 6
:47
6:47
1Everyone who comes to Me and
ahears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like.
Luke 6
:48
6:48
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the river broke out against that house, yet it was not strong enough to shake it, because it had been built well.
Luke 6
:49
6:49
But he who hears and does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation, against which the river broke out, and immediately it
acollapsed, and the crash of that house was great.