Luke 6:17-46

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷And then Jesus ^(A)came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ^(B)a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the coastal region of ^(C)Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were being cured. ¹⁹And all the ^[a]people were trying to ^(D)touch Him, because ^(E)power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And He raised His eyes toward His disciples and began saying, “^(F)Blessed are ^[b]you who are poor, for ^(G)yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹Blessed are ^[c]you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are ^[d]you who weep now, for you will laugh. ²²^(H)Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they ^[e]^(I)exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man. ²³Rejoice on that day and ^(J)jump for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers used to ^[f]treat the prophets ^(K)the same way. ²⁴But woe to ^(L)you who are rich, for ^(M)you are receiving your comfort in full. ²⁵Woe to you who ^[g]are well-fed now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. ²⁶Woe to you when all the people speak well of you; for their fathers used to ^[h]treat the ^(N)false prophets the same way.

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^(O)love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, ^(P)pray for those who are abusive to you. ²⁹^(Q)Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your ^[i]cloak, do not withhold your ^[j]tunic from him either. ³⁰Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. ³¹^[k]^(R)Treat people the same way you want them to ^[l]treat you. ³²^(S)If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴^(T)And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. ³⁵But ^(U)love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be ^(V)sons of ^(W)the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people. ³⁶^[m]Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

³⁷“^(X)Do not ^[n]judge, and you will not be judged; and do not ^[o]condemn, and you will not be condemned; ^[p]^(Y)pardon, and you will be pardoned. ³⁸Give, and it will be given to you. They will ^[q]pour ^(Z)into your lap a ^(AA)good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

³⁹Now He also spoke a parable to them: “^(AB)A person who is blind cannot guide another who is blind, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰^(AC)A ^[r]student is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. ⁴¹Why do you look at the ^[s]speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴²How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the ^[t]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 ^[u]speck that is in your brother’s eye. ⁴³^(AD)For there is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor, ^[v]on the other hand, a bad tree that bears good fruit. ⁴⁴^(AE)For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. ⁴⁵^(AF)The good person out of the good ^[w]treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; ^(AG)for his mouth speaks from ^[x]that which fills his heart.