Luke 6:39-49

Good News Translation

^39 (A)And Jesus told them this parable: “One blind man cannot lead another one; if he does, both will fall into a ditch. ^40 (B)No pupils are greater than their teacher; but all pupils, when they have completed their training, will be like their teacher.

⁴¹ “Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? ⁴² How can you say to your brother, ‘Please, brother, let me take that speck out of your eye,’ yet cannot even see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit^(C)

⁴³ “A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit. ^44 (D)Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes. ^45 (E)A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart; a bad person brings bad out of his treasure of bad things. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

The Two House Builders^(F)

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and yet don't do what I tell you? ⁴⁷ Anyone who comes to me and listens to my words and obeys them—I will show you what he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man who, in building his house, dug deep and laid the foundation on rock. The river flooded over and hit that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ⁴⁹ But anyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a man who built his house without laying a foundation; when the flood hit that house it fell at once—and what a terrible crash that was!”