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

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."

So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely [to see] if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find [a reason] to accuse him.

And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

"And why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I tell [you]?

And just as you want people {to do} to you, do {the same} to them.

"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.

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.

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 [and] stood there.

And he came down with them [and] stood on a level place, and a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon,

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.

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 [it]?"

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart brings forth good, and the evil person out of [his] evil [treasury] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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 [them] in [their] hands.

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful!

But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

And [after] looking around at them all, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand," and he did, and his hand was restored.

and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

Simon (whom he also named Peter) and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

and Judas [the son] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

And the whole crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was going out from him and healing [them] all.

who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward [is] great in heaven. For their fathers used to do the same [things] to the prophets.

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), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"

Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.

And he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

Blessed 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.

And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:

A disciple is not superior to [his] teacher, but everyone, [when he] is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

"But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.

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.

Woe whenever all people speak well of you, for their fathers used to do the same [things] to the false prophets.

"For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor on the other hand a bad tree that produces good fruit,

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.

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

"And if you love those who love you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? For even sinners love those who love them!

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood [that is] in your own eye?

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn plants, nor are grapes harvested from thorn bushes.

Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for [them back].

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

And if you lend [to those] from whom you expect to receive [back], what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may get back an equal [amount]!

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them--I will show you what he is like:

But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what kind of credit is [that] to you? Even the sinners do the same!