CHAPTER 6
One Sabbath
Jesus
was passing
through
the grainfields,
and
His
disciples
began to pick
the
heads of grain,
rub them
in their
hands,
and
eat them.
He entered
the
house
of God,
took
the
consecrated bread
and
gave it
to his companions,
and ate
what
is lawful
only for
the
priests
to eat.”
On
another
Sabbath,
Jesus
entered
the
synagogue
and
was teaching,
and
a man
was
there
whose
right
hand
was
withered.
Looking for a reason
to accuse
Jesus,
the
scribes
and
Pharisees
were watching Him closely
to see if
He would heal
on
the
Sabbath.
But
Jesus
knew
their
thoughts
and
said
to the
man
with
the
withered
hand,
“Get up
and
stand
among us.”
So
he got up
and stood there.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them,
“I ask
you,
which
is lawful
on the
Sabbath:
to do good
or
to do evil,
to save
life
or
to destroy it?”
And
after looking around
at all
of them,
He said
to the man,
“Stretch out
your
hand.”
He did so,
and
it
was restored.
But
the scribes and Pharisees
were filled
with rage
and
began to discuss
with
one another
what
they might do
to Jesus.
When
daylight
came,
He called
His
disciples to Him
and
chose
twelve
of
them,
whom
He also designated as
apostles:
Then
Jesus came down
with
them
and stood
on
a level
place.
A large
crowd
of His
disciples was there,
along with
a great
number
of
people
from
all over
Judea,
Jerusalem,
and
the
sea coast
of Tyre
and
Sidon.
They
had come
to hear
Him
and
to be healed
of
their
diseases,
and
those
troubled
by
unclean
spirits
were healed.
The
entire
crowd
was trying
to touch
Him,
because
power
was coming
from
Him
and
healing
them all.
Looking up
at
His
disciples,
Jesus
said:
“Blessed are
you who are
poor,
for
yours
is
the
kingdom
of God.
Blessed are
you who
hunger
now,
for
you will be satisfied.
Blessed are
you who
weep
now,
for
you will laugh.
Blessed
are you
when
people
hate
you,
and
when
they exclude you
and
insult
you
and
reject
your
name
as
evil
because of
the
Son
of Man.
Rejoice
in
that
day
and
leap for joy,
because
great is
your
reward
in
heaven.
For
their
fathers
treated
the
prophets
in the same way.
Woe
to you
who
are well fed
now,
for
you will hunger.
Woe to
you who
laugh
now,
for
you will mourn
and
weep.
Woe to you
when
all
men
speak
well
of you,
for
their
fathers
treated
the
false prophets
in the same way.
If someone strikes
you
on
one
cheek,
turn
to him
the
other
also.
And
if someone
takes
your
cloak,
do not
withhold
your
tunic
as well.
If
you love
those who
love
you,
what
credit
is that
to you?
Even
sinners
love
those who
love
them.
If
you do good
to those who
do good to
you,
what
credit
is that
to you?
Even
sinners
do
the
same.
And
if
you lend to those
from
whom
you expect
repayment,
what
credit
is that
to you?
Even
sinners
lend
to sinners,
expecting
to be repaid
in full.
But
love
your
enemies,
do good to them,
and
lend to them,
expecting nothing in return.
Then
your
reward
will be
great,
and
you will be
sons of
the Most High;
for
He
is
kind
to
the
ungrateful
and
wicked.
Do not
judge,
and
you will not be judged.
Do not
condemn,
and
you will not be condemned.
Forgive,
and
you will be forgiven.
Give,
and
it will be given
to you.
A good
measure,
pressed down,
shaken together,
and running over
will be poured
into
your
lap.
For
with the
measure
you use,
it will be measured back
to you.”
Jesus also told
them
a parable:
“Can
a blind man
lead
a blind man?
Will they not
both
fall
into
a pit?
How
can you
say,
‘Brother,
let
me take
the
speck
out
of
your
eye,’
while you yourself
fail to see
the beam
in
your own
eye?
You hypocrite,
first
take
the
beam
out of
your
own
eye,
and
then
you will see clearly
to remove
the
speck
from
your
brother’s
eye.
For
each
tree
is known
by
its
own
fruit.
Indeed,
people do not gather
figs
from
thornbushes,
or
grapes
from
brambles.
The
good
man
brings
good
things
out of
the
good
treasure
of
his
heart,
and
the
evil man
brings
evil things
out of
the
evil treasure of his heart.
For
out of
the overflow
of the heart,
the
mouth
speaks.
He is
like
a man
building
a house,
who
dug down
deep
and
laid
his foundation
on
the
rock.
When
the flood
came,
the
torrent
crashed against
that
house
but
could
not
shake
it,
because
it
was well built.
But
the one who
hears My words
and
does not
act on them
is
like
a man
who built
his house
on
ground
without
a foundation.
The
torrent
crashed against
that house,
and
immediately
it collapsed—
and
great
was
its
destruction."