1Now it happened on a Sabbath that he was passing through the grainfields, and his disciples were plucking the heads of grain and eating them, rubbing them in their hands.
2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
3And Jesus answered them, “Have you not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?
4how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Presence and also gave it to those with him—which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone?”
5And he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
6It happened on another Sabbath that he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And a man was there whose right hand was withered.
7The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
8But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle.” And he got up and stood there.
9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?”
10And after looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.
11But they were filled with fury and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
12Now in those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.
13And when day came, he called his disciples to him, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:
14Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;
15and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;
16and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
17And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.
18They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were being cured.
19And the whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.
20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for their fathers did the same things to the prophets.
24But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
26Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their fathers did the same things to the false prophets.
27But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
29To the one who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
30Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes your things, do not demand them back.
31And just as you want people to do to you, do to them likewise.
32And if 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 do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
34And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to receive back the same amount.
35But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. And your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
37And do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
39He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will not both fall into a pit?”
40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log 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 log 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 in your brother’s eye.
43For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.
44For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thornbushes, nor do they harvest grapes from a bramble bush.
45The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good, and the evil person out of the evil brings forth what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
46Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and 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 the foundation on the rock. And when a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
49But the one who hears and does not do is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river burst against it, and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.
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