6 One Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some grain fields, his disciples picked some heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them first in their hands to remove the husks. 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did, when he and his men were hungry? 4 He went into the house of God, took and ate the consecrated bread, and gave it to his men too. That is not lawful as the consecrated bread is only for the priests.”  5 Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
    6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was deformed and paralyzed. 7 The religious teachers and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could have a reason to accuse him.  8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the deformed hand, “Stand up and come forward.” The man stood up and came forward.  9 Then Jesus said to them, “Let me ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?” 10 After looking around at everyone he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was healed.  11 But the religious teachers and the Pharisees became infuriated, and were planning among themselves what action to take against Jesus.
    12 At this time Jesus went to a mountain to pray. He stayed there all night, praying to God.  13 In the morning he called together his disciples and chose twelve of them as Apostles:  14 Simon, who Jesus also called Peter, Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called “the revolutionary,”  16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who turned traitor.
    17 Jesus came down the mountain with them and stood on some flat ground. There a large crowd of his disciples and many other people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon  18 came to listen to him and to be healed of their diseases. Those suffering from evil spirits were also being healed. 19 The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing everyone.
    20 Looking at his disciples, Jesus said, “Blessed are you who are poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.  21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be fully satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and curse you as evil because of the Son of Man. 23 Be happy then and jump for joy, because great is your reward stored up in heaven. Remember that the ancestors of these people mistreated the prophets in the same way.[379]  24 But alas for you who are rich, because you are already living in comfort. 25 Alas for you who are well-fed now, because you will be hungry. Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.  26 Alas for you when everyone praises you. Remember that the ancestors of these people treated the false prophets in the same way.
    27 “But I say to anyone who is listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.  29 If someone hits you on one cheek, offer the other cheek, and if someone takes your coat, do not keep your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if someone takes something from you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others what you would want them to do to you.  32 If you love those who love you, what is so great about that? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you are good to those who are good to you, is that so great either? Sinners do that too. 34 If you lend to people you expect will repay you, how great is that? Sinners also lend to sinners, expecting to get back what they lent.  35 Instead love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting to receive anything back. You will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High, because He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
    37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you generously. In fact when what you receive is measured out, and pressed down so more can be added, it will spill out over the top, falling into your lap! For whatever standard of measure you use, it will be measured to you in return.”
 39 Then he told them a parable to illustrate: “Can one blind person lead another? Would they not both fall into a pit?  40 A student does not know more than his teacher, but when he has learned everything, then he will be like his teacher. 41 Why are you so concerned about the speck in your brother’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take that speck out of your eye,’ when you 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. 43 For no good tree produces bad fruit, and on the other hand no bad tree produces good fruit. 44 Every tree is recognized by the fruit it produces. No one picks figs from thorn bushes, or harvests grapes from brambles. 45 Whoever is good produces good from what they have stored inside, and whoever is evil produces evil from what they have stored inside. People speak what they are thinking inside.
    46 “Why do call me ‘lord, lord,’ when you refuse to do what I say? 47 Let me give you an illustration of someone who comes to me, listens to my words, and does them. 48 He is like a man who built a house. He dug deep and laid the foundation on solid rock.[380] When the river burst its banks and the flood rushed against that house, it did not damage it because it was so solidly built. 49 But someone who hears me teach but does not do what I say is like a man who built his house without a foundation. When the flood rushed against that house it immediately fell down in total collapse.”