1 And it came to pass on the second-sabbath after the first, that as He was passing through the corn-fields, his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and rubbed them in their hands and ate them.
2 And some of the pharisees said to them, Why do ye do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those that were with him? how he went into the house of God,
4 and did take and eat the shew-bread, and gave also to his attendants, which it is not lawful for any to eat but the priests.
5 And He said unto them, the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that He went into a synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, whose right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and pharisees watched Him to see if He would work a cure on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against Him.
8 But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man that had the withered hand, Rise, and stand in the midst: and he rose up and stood forth.
9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing, Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to let it be lost?
10 And looking round upon them all, He said to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he did so, and his hand was made as sound as the other.
11 And they were filled with confusion: and consulted together, what they might do to Jesus.
12 And in those days He went out to a mountain to pray, and He continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, He called his disciples to Him: and chose out twelve from among them, whom He also named his apostles:
14 (to wit, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James,
16 and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor:)
17 and He came down the hill with them, and stood in the plain; with the rest of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all the parts of Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases,
18 even those that were tormented by impure spirits: and they were healed.
19 And all the people endeavoured to touch Him, for there went a divine virtue out of Him, and healed them all.
20 And lifting up his eyes on his disciples He said, Blessed are ye though poor; for the kingdom of God is yours.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and reject you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as infamous on account of the Son of man.
23 Rejoice in that day, and be exceeding glad; for behold, your reward is great in heaven: for thus did their fathers to the prophets.
24 But wo unto you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation.
25 Wo unto you that are full; for ye shall be hungry. Wo unto you that laugh now: for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Wo unto you when all men speak well of you; for their fathers did the same to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you my hearers, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
28 bless them that curse you, and pray for them that abuse you;
29 to him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and let him that taketh away thy cloke, have thy coat too rather than strive with him:
30 give to him that asketh thee, and from him that taketh thy goods on loan demand nothing.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.
32 If ye love only them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even the wicked love those that love them:
33 and if ye do good offices to them that do good to you, what thanks are due to you? for even wicked men do the same.
34 And if ye lend to those from whom ye expect to receive, what thanks are due to you? for sinners also lend to sinners that they may receive an equivalent.
35 But do ye love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing from it: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the sons of the most High; for He is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked:
36 be ye therefore merciful as your heavenly Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed and shaken down and running over, shall they give into your bosom: for by the same measure, which ye measure with, shall it be measured back again to you.
39 And He said to them by way of parable, Can a blind man guide a blind man? will they not both fall into a ditch?
40 the learner is not above his teacher, tho' every complete scholar will become as learned as his master.
41 But why dost thou look at the chaff in thy brother's eye, and takest no notice of the beam that is in thine own?
42 or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother let me take out the splinter that is in thine eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou wilt see distinctly how to take out the chaff that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For that is not a good tree which produceth bad fruit, nor is the tree bad, which produceth good fruit:
44 for every tree is known by it's fruit; for men do not gather figs from thorns, nor grapes from a bramble.
45 A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46 But why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not practise what I teach you?
47 Whosoever cometh unto me, and heareth my instructions, and observeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 he is like a man who in building an house digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock; and when a flood came, the torrent beat violently against that house, but could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth and observeth not, is like a man that built an house upon the ground without any foundation, which the flood beat violently upon, and immediately it fell down, and the ruin of that house was great.