Thematic Bible
Luke 6:1 (show verse)
It happened that on a Sabbath he was going through the wheat-fields. His disciples were picking the ears and eating the wheat, rubbing it out with their hands.
Luke 6:2 (show verse)
And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?"
Luke 6:3 (show verse)
"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he and his followers were hungry?
Luke 6:4 (show verse)
"How he entered into God's house and took and ate the Presented Loaves, and gave some to his followers, loaves which none must eat but the priests?
Luke 6:5 (show verse)
"THE SON OF MAN," he told them, "IS LORD EVEN OVER THE SABBATH."
Luke 6:6 (show verse)
On another Sabbath he went into a synagogue and was teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered.
Luke 6:7 (show verse)
Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him.
Luke 6:8 (show verse)
He was all along aware of their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand there in the midst."
Luke 6:9 (show verse)
So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?"
Luke 6:10 (show verse)
Then he looked round about on them in anger, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand!"
Luke 6:11 (show verse)
He did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury, and they began to talk over together what they could do to Jesus.
Luke 6:12 (show verse)
It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke 6:13 (show verse)
And when day dawned he called his disciples, and from among them he selected twelve, whom also he called Apostles missionaries.
Luke 6:14 (show verse)
They were Simon, whom he had also called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John;
Luke 6:15 (show verse)
Philip and Bartholomew; Mathew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot;
Luke 6:16 (show verse)
Jude the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who was the traitor.
Luke 6:17 (show verse)
With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.
Luke 6:18 (show verse)
Those who were tormented by unclean spirits were healed also.
Luke 6:19 (show verse)
The whole crowd were trying to touch him, because power emanated from him and cured them all.
Luke 6:20 (show verse)
Then raising his eyes upon his disciples he began to say to them. "Blessed are you poor, For the kingdom of God is yours.
Luke 6:21 (show verse)
"Blessed are you who are hungry now, For you shall be filled. "Blessed are you who are wailing now, For you shall laugh.
Luke 6:22 (show verse)
"Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.
Luke 6:23 (show verse)
"Rejoice in that day and exult, For your reward is great in heaven; For even so did their fathers to the prophets.
Luke 6:24 (show verse)
"But woe to you rich! For you already have received your consolation.
Luke 6:25 (show verse)
"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.
Luke 6:26 (show verse)
"Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For even so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Luke 6:27 (show verse)
"But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:28 (show verse)
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who calumniate you.
Luke 6:29 (show verse)
To him who gives you a blow on the jaw Turn the other jaw also; And from him who is robbing you of your cloak Withhold not your coat also.
Luke 6:30 (show verse)
Give to every one who asks you; And do not demand your goods back from him who is taking them away.
Luke 6:31 (show verse)
And as you would like men to do to you, So do you also to them.
Luke 6:32 (show verse)
"If you love those who love you what credit is it to you? Why even sinners love those who love them.
Luke 6:33 (show verse)
"And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same.
Luke 6:34 (show verse)
"And if you lend to those from whom you are hoping to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so as to get as much back.
Luke 6:35 (show verse)
"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.
Luke 6:36 (show verse)
"Do you therefore be merciful, As your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:37 (show verse)
"Do not judge, and you shall not be judged; Do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned;
Luke 6:38 (show verse)
"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."
Luke 6:39 (show verse)
He also told them a parable. "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Luke 6:40 (show verse)
"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.
Luke 6:41 (show verse)
"And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but never consider the beam that is in your own eye?
Luke 6:42 (show verse)
"Or how can you say to your brother. "Brother, allow me to pull that splinter out of your eye," when you do not see the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite! Take out first the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter from your brother's eye.
Luke 6:43 (show verse)
"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.
Luke 6:44 (show verse)
"You do not gather figs from thorns, and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush.
Luke 6:45 (show verse)
"The good man out of the good treasure-house of his heart brings forth good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure-house of his heart brings forth evil; for the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.
Luke 6:46 (show verse)
"And why are you calling me Lord, Lord, and not doing what I tell you?
Luke 6:47 (show verse)
"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.
Luke 6:48 (show verse)
"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.
Luke 6:49 (show verse)
"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."