Luke 6:27-42

27“But I tell everyone who is listening: Love your enemies. Be kind to those who hate you.

28Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who insult you.

29If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other cheek as well. If someone takes your coat, don’t stop him from taking your shirt.

30Give to everyone who asks you for something. If someone takes what is yours, don’t insist on getting it back.

31“Do for other people everything you want them to do for you.

32“If you love those who love you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Even sinners love those who love them.

33If you help those who help you, do you deserve any thanks for that? Sinners do that too.

34If you lend anything to those from whom you expect to get something back, do you deserve any thanks for that? Sinners also lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

35Rather, love your enemies, help them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward. You will be the children of the Most High God. After all, he is kind to unthankful and evil people.

36Be merciful as your Father is merciful.

37“Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

38Give, and you will receive. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your pocket. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.”

39Jesus also gave them this illustration: “Can one blind person lead another? Won’t both fall into the same pit?

40A student is no better than his teacher. But everyone who is well-trained will be like his teacher.

41“Why do you see the piece of sawdust in another believer’s eye and not notice the wooden beam in your own eye?

42How can you say to another believer, ‘Friend, let me take the piece of sawdust out of your eye,’ when you don’t see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the piece of sawdust from another believer’s eye.