Luke 6:20-49

20And looking up at His disciples, He said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

23Rejoice in that day and jump for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven! For their fathers used to treat the prophets the same way.”

24But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

25Woe to you who are full, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.

26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.”

27“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

28bless those who curse you, pray for the ones who mistreat you.

29To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from the one who takes your cloak, do not hold back your shirt.

30Give to every one who asks you; and whoever takes something of yours, make no demands upon him.

31“Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32If 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 are doing good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do this.

34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to take, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same.

35“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.

36Be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate to you.”

37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.

38Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”

39He also spoke this parable to them: “The blind cannot show the way to the blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

41“Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

42How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly the speck in your brother’s eye, to take it out.”

43“For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree produce good fruit.

44Each tree comes to be known by its own fruit. For figs are not gleaned out of briars; neither are bunches of grapes gathered from thorn bushes.

45“Out of the good treasure of his heart the good man brings forth good, and out of evil the evil man brings forth evil. For from the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.”

46“Why do you call Me ‘Master, Master’ and do not do what I say?

47Everyone 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 a foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the torrent burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

49“But the one who hears yet does not do is like a man who built a house upon land without a foundation. When the torrent burst against it, immediately it collapsed—and the destruction of that house was great!”