Luke 6
New King James Version
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(A)
6 Now (B)it happened [a]on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing (C)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
3 But Jesus answering them said, “Have you not even read this, (D)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he went into the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and also gave some to those with him, (E)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat?” 5 And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
Healing on the Sabbath(F)
6 (G)Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would (H)heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an (I)accusation against Him. 8 But He (J)knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand here.” And he arose and stood. 9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: (K)Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or [b]to destroy?” 10 And when He had looked around at them all, He said to [c]the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored [d]as whole as the other. 11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
The Twelve Apostles(L)
12 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in (M)prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; (N)and from them He chose (O)twelve whom He also named apostles: 14 Simon, (P)whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; 15 Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; 16 Judas (Q)the son of James, and (R)Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor.
Jesus Heals a Great Multitude(S)
17 And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples (T)and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, 18 as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. 19 And the whole multitude (U)sought to (V)touch Him, for (W)power went out from Him and healed them all.
The Beatitudes(X)
20 Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said:
(Y)“Blessed are you poor,
For yours is the kingdom of God.
21 (Z)Blessed are you who hunger now,
For you shall be (AA)filled.[e]
(AB)Blessed are you who weep now,
For you shall (AC)laugh.
22 (AD)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (AE)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.
23 (AF)Rejoice in that day and leap for joy!
For indeed your reward is great in heaven,
For (AG)in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
Jesus Pronounces Woes
24 “But(AH) woe to you (AI)who are rich,
For (AJ)you have received your consolation.
25 (AK)Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger.
(AL)Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and (AM)weep.
26 (AN)Woe [f]to you when [g]all men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Love Your Enemies(AO)
27 (AP)“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 (AQ)bless those who curse you, and (AR)pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 (AS)To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. (AT)And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 (AU)Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 (AV)And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
32 (AW)“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 (AX)And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But (AY)love your enemies, (AZ)do good, and (BA)lend, [h]hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and (BB)you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 (BC)Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Do Not Judge(BD)
37 (BE)“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. (BF)Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 (BG)Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your (BH)bosom. For (BI)with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
39 And He spoke a parable to them: (BJ)“Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? 40 (BK)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher. 41 (BL)And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit(BM)
43 (BN)“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For (BO)every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 (BP)A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil [i]treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out (BQ)of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Build on the Rock(BR)
46 (BS)“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47 (BT)Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was [j]founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it [k]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
Footnotes
Luke 6
English Standard Version
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
6 (A)On a Sabbath,[a] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples (B)plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, (C)“Why are you doing (D)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” 3 And Jesus answered them, (E)“Have you not read (F)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and took and ate (G)the bread of the Presence, (H)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” 5 And he said to them, (I)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
A Man with a Withered Hand
6 On another Sabbath, (J)he entered the synagogue (K)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees (L)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, (M)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8 But (N)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, (O)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10 And (P)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And (Q)he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with (R)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
The Twelve Apostles
12 In these days (S)he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, (T)he called his disciples (U)and (V)chose from them twelve, whom he named (W)apostles: 14 Simon, (X)whom he named Peter, and (Y)Andrew his brother, and (Z)James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and (AA)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called (AB)the Zealot, 16 and (AC)Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude
17 And (AD)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with (AE)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of (AF)Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. (AG)And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd (AH)sought to touch him, for (AI)power came out from him and healed them all.
The Beatitudes
20 And (AJ)he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, (AK)and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for (AL)yours is the kingdom of God.
21 (AM)“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
(AN)“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 “Blessed are you when (AO)people hate you and when they (AP)exclude you and revile you and (AQ)spurn your name as evil, (AR)on account of the Son of Man! 23 (AS)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for (AT)so their fathers did to the prophets.
Jesus Pronounces Woes
24 (AU)“But woe to you who are rich, (AV)for you (AW)have received your consolation.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for (AX)you shall be hungry.
“Woe to (AY)you who laugh now, (AZ)for you shall mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you, (BA)when all people speak well of you, for (BB)so their fathers did to (BC)the false prophets.
Love Your Enemies
27 “But I say to you who hear, (BD)Love your enemies, (BE)do good to those who hate you, 28 (BF)bless those who curse you, (BG)pray for those who abuse you. 29 (BH)To one who (BI)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic[b] either. 30 (BJ)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31 And (BK)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
32 (BL)“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And (BM)if you (BN)lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But (BO)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and (BP)you will be sons of (BQ)the Most High, for (BR)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 (BS)Be merciful, even as (BT)your Father is merciful.
Judging Others
37 (BU)(BV)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; (BW)forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 (BX)give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put (BY)into your lap. For (BZ)with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
39 He also told them a parable: (CA)“Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 (CB)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is (CC)fully trained will be like his teacher. 41 (CD)Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but (CE)do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
A Tree and Its Fruit
43 “For (CF)no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 44 for (CG)each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 45 (CH)The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces (CI)evil, (CJ)for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Build Your House on the Rock
46 (CK)“Why (CL)do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47 (CM)Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[c] 49 (CN)But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and (CO)the ruin of that house was great.”
Lukas 6
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Lärjungarna plockar ax på sabbaten
(Matt 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28)
6 En sabbat, när Jesus och hans lärjungar gick genom några sädesfält, ryckte hans lärjungar av ax, som de gnuggade mellan händerna och åt.
2 Men några av fariseerna sa: ”Varför gör ni så där? Det där är ju inte tillåtet på sabbaten.”
3 Då svarade Jesus dem: ”Har ni aldrig läst vad David gjorde när han och hans män blev hungriga?[a] 4 Han gick in i Guds hus och åt av skådebröden som bara prästerna får äta och delade sedan med sig till de andra.” 5 Sedan sa Jesus till dem: ”Människosonen är Herre över sabbaten.”
Jesus botar en man på sabbaten
(Matt 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6)
6 En annan sabbat gick han in i synagogan och undervisade. Då satt där en man med en förtvinad högerhand. 7 De skriftlärda och fariseerna höll noga ögonen på Jesus, om han skulle bota på sabbaten. I så fall skulle de få något att anklaga honom för.
8 Men Jesus förstod precis vad de tänkte. Därför sa han till mannen med den förtvinade handen: ”Res dig upp och kom hit.” Och mannen reste sig och kom fram.
9 Jesus sa till dem: ”Låt mig få fråga er en sak: Vad är tillåtet på sabbaten, att göra gott eller att göra ont, att rädda liv eller att förgöra det?” 10 Han såg sig omkring på dem och sa sedan till mannen: ”Räck fram din hand!” Och när mannen gjorde det, blev handen normal igen. 11 Men de blev rasande och började prata med varandra om vad de skulle kunna göra med Jesus.
Jesus utser sina tolv lärjungar
(Matt 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-19; Apg 1:13)
12 Några dagar senare gick Jesus upp på ett berg för att be, och han bad till Gud hela natten. 13 När det ljusnade kallade han sedan samman sina lärjungar och utsåg tolv av dem som han kallade apostlar[b]: 14 Simon, som han gav namnet Petrus, Simons bror Andreas, Jakob, Johannes, Filippos, Bartolomaios, 15 Matteus, Tomas, Alfaios son Jakob, Simon, som kallades seloten[c], 16 Jakobs son Judas och Judas Iskariot, han som senare förrådde Jesus.
Mycket folk följer Jesus
(Matt 5:3-12)
17 När Jesus hade kommit ner tillsammans med dem, stannade de på en slätt. Där var många av hans lärjungar och en stor folkmassa från hela Judeen och Jerusalem och från kustområdet vid Tyros och Sidon[d] 18 som hade kommit för att höra honom och bli botade från sina sjukdomar. De som led av orena andar blev helade, 19 och alla försökte röra vid honom, eftersom det gick ut kraft från honom som gjorde alla friska.
Verklig lycka
20 Sedan vände han sig till sina lärjungar och sa:
”Lyckliga är ni som är fattiga[e],
för er tillhör Guds rike.
21 Lyckliga är ni som nu hungrar[f],
för ni ska bli mättade.
Lyckliga är ni som nu gråter,
för ni ska få skratta.
22 Lyckliga är ni när man för Människosonens skull hatar er
och tar avstånd från er,
hånar er och smutskastar ert namn.
23 Gläd er då, hoppa av glädje, för ni får en stor lön i himlen. Så gjorde ju deras förfäder med profeterna.
24 Men ve er som är rika,
för ni har redan fått ut er tröst.
25 Ve er som nu är mätta,
ni ska få gå hungriga.
Ve er som nu skrattar,
ni ska få sörja och gråta.
26 Ve er som man nu talar väl om.
Så gjorde ju deras förfäder med de falska profeterna.
Om att älska sina fiender
(Matt 5:39-42)
27 Men till dem som lyssnar säger jag: älska era fiender, gör gott mot dem som hatar er, 28 välsigna dem som förbannar er och be för dem som förolämpar er.
29 Slår någon dig på ena kinden, så vänd också fram den andra. Vill någon ta ditt ytterplagg, så hindra honom inte från att ta skjortan också. 30 Ge till alla som ber dig, och om någon tar det som är ditt, så kräv det inte tillbaka. 31 Gör så mot andra så som ni vill att de ska göra mot er.
32 Om ni bara älskar dem som älskar er, är ni då värda särskilt beröm? Även syndare älskar ju dem som ger dem kärlek. 33 Och om ni gör gott mot dem som gör gott mot er, är det något så märkvärdigt med det? Det gör ju syndare också! 34 Om ni lånar ut pengar till dem som kan betala tillbaka, är det något man bör tacka er för? Även syndare lånar ju till sina vänner om de får igen pengarna.
35 Nej, älska era fiender och gör gott mot dem, och ge lån utan att oroa er för om ni får det tillbaka. Då ska ni få stor lön och bli den Högstes barn, för han är själv god mot dem som är otacksamma och onda.
36 Var barmhärtiga, så som er Fader i himlen är barmhärtig.
Om att döma andra
(Matt 7:1-5)
37 Döm inte, så ska ni själva inte bli dömda. Förklara ingen skyldig, så ska ni inte förklaras skyldiga. Förlåt, så ska ni få förlåtelse. 38 Ge, så kommer ni att få. Ett gott, packat, skakat och rågat mått ska ges i er famn. För med det mått ni mäter ska det mätas upp åt er.”
39 Sedan berättade han en liknelse: ”En blind kan väl inte leda en annan blind? Faller då inte båda i gropen? 40 Och en lärjunge står inte över sin lärare, men när han är fullärd, kan han bli som sin lärare.
41 Varför ser du flisan i din medmänniskas öga, när du inte märker bjälken i ditt eget? 42 Hur kan du säga till henne: ’Kom så ska jag ta bort flisan ur ditt öga’, när du samtidigt inte märker bjälken i ditt eget? Du hycklare, ta först bort bjälken ur ditt öga! Sedan kan du se klart och ta bort flisan ur din medmänniskas öga.
Av frukten känner man trädet
(Matt 7:17-20)
43 Ett bra träd kan aldrig bära dålig frukt, och ett dåligt träd kan aldrig bära bra frukt. 44 Trädet känns igen på den frukt det bär. Man hittar inte fikon på tistlar eller vindruvor på törnbuskar. 45 En god människa bär fram det goda ur den godhet som lagrats i hennes hjärta, medan en ond människa bär fram det onda ur den ondska som lagrats i hennes hjärta. Munnen talar ju vad hjärtat är fullt av.
Om att bygga på stadig grund
(Matt 7:24-27)
46 Varför kallar ni mig ’Herre, Herre’, när ni ändå inte gör som jag säger? 47 Den som kommer till mig och hör mina ord och handlar efter dem – vem han liknar, det ska jag visa er. 48 Han liknar en man som bygger ett hus och gräver så djupt att han kan lägga grunden på ett berg. När floden sedan svämmar över och vattnet vräker sig mot huset, står det stadigt kvar, eftersom det är väl byggt.
49 Men den som hör och inte handlar, han liknar en man som bygger ett hus direkt på marken utan att gräva någon grund. Och när floden vräker sig mot huset, faller det genast ihop med ett stort brak.”
Footnotes
- 6:3 Jfr 1 Sam 21:1-6.
- 6:13 Betyder sändebud.
- 6:15 Selot betyder ivrare. Antingen var Simon ivrig till sin läggning, eller så tillhörde han ”seloterna”, ett politiskt parti som ville göra uppror mot romarna. Eller: kallades den ivrige.
- 6:17 Tyros och Sidon var fenikiska städer vid Medelhavets kust, nordväst om Galileen.
- 6:20 Jfr Matt 5:3, där grundtexten säger: de som är fattiga i anden, dvs. de som inser sina andliga behov.
- 6:21 Jfr Matt 5:6, där grundtexten säger: hungrar och törstar efter rättfärdighet, dvs. hungrar och törstar efter det som är i enlighet med Guds vilja.
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