1 Now it happened that on a Sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing
2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?
3 And Jesus answered
4 how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone),
5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there, and his right hand was withered.
7 So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely
8 But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle,” and he got up
9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy
10 And
11 But they were filled with fury, and began discussing
12 Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.
13 And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:
14 Simon (whom he also named Peter) and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the
16 and Judas
17 And he came down with them
18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.
19 And the whole crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was going out from him and healing
20 And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples
21 Blessed
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile
23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward
24 “But woe to you who are rich,
25 Woe to you who are satisfied now,
26 Woe whenever all people speak well of you,
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
29 To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also.
30 Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for
31 And just as you want people
32 “And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is
33 For even if you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is
34 And if you lend
35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
36 Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful!
37 “And do not judge, and you will never be judged. And do not condemn, and you will never be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.
38 Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure—pressed down, shaken, overflowing—they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return.”
39 And he also told them a parable: “Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind,
40 A disciple is not superior to
41 And why do you see the speck
42 How are you able to say to your brother, “Brother, allow
43 “For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,
44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn plants, nor are grapes harvested from thorn bushes.
45 The good person out of the good treasury of
46 “And why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell
47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them—I will show you what he is like:
48 he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And
49 But the one who hears