Old/New Testament
Love Your Enemies. Be Compassionate And Do Good To All
27 “But I say to you, the ones hearing[a]— Be loving your enemies. Be acting commendably to the ones hating you. 28 Be blessing[b] the ones cursing you. Be praying for the ones mistreating you. 29 To the one striking you on the cheek, be offering also the other. And from the one taking away your cloak, also do not withhold[c] the tunic[d]. 30 To everyone asking you, be giving. And from the one taking away your things, do not be demanding them back. 31 And just as you want people to be doing to you, be doing to them likewise. 32 If indeed you are loving the ones loving you, what-kind-of credit is it to you? For even the sinners are loving the ones loving them. 33 For if indeed you are doing-good-to the ones doing-good-to you, what kind of credit is it to you? Even the sinners are doing the same. 34 And if you lend-to ones from whom you are expecting[e] to receive, what kind of credit is it to you? Even sinners are lending to sinners to receive-back the equal[f] amounts. 35 But be loving your enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, expecting-back[g] nothing, and your reward will be great. And you will be sons[h] of the Most-High, because He is good to the ungrateful and evil ones. 36 Be compassionate, just-as[i] your Father also is compassionate.
Do Not Judge Or Condemn Others. Pardon And Give To Them
37 “And do not be judging[j], and you will never be judged. And do not be condemning, and you will never be condemned. Be pardoning, and you will be pardoned. 38 Be giving, and it will be given to you. They[k] will give a good measure— having been pressed down, having been shaken, running over— into your fold[l] [of the garment]. For with what measure you measure, it will be measured-back to you”.
The Blind Cannot Guide The Blind. Correct Yourself First
39 And He also spoke a parable to them— “A blind one is not able to guide a blind one, is he? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A disciple is not above the teacher. But everyone having been fully-trained will be like his teacher. 41 And why do you look-at the speck in the eye of your brother, but do not consider[m] the log in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, permit me to take-out the speck in your eye’, while yourself not seeing the log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take out the log from your eye. And then you will see-clearly to take out the speck in the eye of your brother.
A Tree Is Known By Its Fruit. The Mouth Speaks From The Heart
43 “For there is no good[n] tree producing bad fruit; nor again, a bad tree producing good fruit. 44 For each tree is known[o] by its own fruit. For they do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they gather a grape-bunch from a bramble-bush. 45 The good person brings forth the good thing out of the good treasure[p] of his heart. And the evil person brings forth the evil thing out of his evil treasure. For his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.
Don’t Just Call Me Lord. Be a Doer of My Words
46 “And why are you calling Me ‘Lord, Lord[q]’, and you are not doing the things which I say? 47 Everyone coming to Me and hearing My words and doing them— I will show you to whom he is like. 48 He is like a man building a house who dug, and went down deep, and laid a foundation on the bed-rock. And a flood[r] having come about, the river broke-against[s] that house. And it was not strong-enough to shake it, because it had been built well. 49 But the one having heard and not having done My words is like a man having built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river broke-against. And immediately it collapsed, and the breakage of that house became great”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing