Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

¹sOn a Sabbath,1 while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples tplucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ²But some of the Pharisees said, u“Why are you doing vwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³And Jesus answered them, w“Have you not read xwhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴how he entered the house of God and took and ate ythe bread of the Presence, ywhich is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵And he said to them, z“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶On another Sabbath, ahe entered the synagogue band was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees cwatched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, dso that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸But ehe knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. ⁹And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, fis it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰And gafter looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And hhe did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹But they were filled with ifury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles

¹²In these days jhe went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. ¹³And when day came, khe called his disciples land mchose from them twelve, whom he named napostles: ¹⁴Simon, owhom he named Peter, and pAndrew his brother, and pJames and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, ¹⁵and qMatthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called rthe Zealot, ¹⁶and sJudas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

¹⁷And the came down with them and stood on a level place, with ua great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of vTyre and Sidon, ¹⁸who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. wAnd those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹And all the crowd xsought to touch him, for ypower came out from him and healed them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And zhe lifted up his eyes on his disciples, aand said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for byours is the kingdom of God.

²¹c“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

d“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²²“Blessed are you when epeople hate you and when they fexclude you and revile you and gspurn your name as evil, hon account of the Son of Man! ²³iRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for jso their fathers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

²⁴k“But woe to you who are rich, lfor you mhave received your consolation.

²⁵“Woe to you who are full now, for nyou shall be hungry.

“Woe to oyou who laugh now, ofor you shall mourn and weep.

²⁶“Woe to you, pwhen all people speak well of you, for qso their fathers did to rthe false prophets.

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, sLove your enemies, tdo good to those who hate you, ²⁸ubless those who curse you, spray for those who abuse you. ²⁹vTo one who wstrikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic2 either. ³⁰xGive to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹And yas you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

³²z“If you love those who love you, what benefit 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 benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴And aif you blend 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. ³⁵But clove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and dyou will be sons of ethe Most High, for fhe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ³⁶gBe merciful, even as hyour Father is merciful.

Judging Others

³⁷ij“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; jforgive, and you will be forgiven; ³⁸kgive, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put linto your lap. For mwith the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

³⁹He also told them a parable: n“Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰oA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is pfully trained will be like his teacher. ⁴¹iWhy do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but qdo not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴²How 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 rno good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, ⁴⁴for seach tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵tThe good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces uevil, vfor out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Build Your House on the Rock

⁴⁶w“Why xdo you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? ⁴⁷yEveryone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: ⁴⁸he 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.3 ⁴⁹zBut 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 athe ruin of that house was great.”