Luke 6-7

Luke 6

¹Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going through the fields of grain, and his disciples took the heads of the grain for food, crushing them in their hands.

²But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

³And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

⁴How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

⁵And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

⁶And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

⁷And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

⁸But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

⁹And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

¹⁰And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.

¹¹But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

¹²And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.

¹³And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

¹⁴Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

¹⁵And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

¹⁶And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.

¹⁷And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

¹⁸And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were made well.

¹⁹And all the people were desiring to be touched by him, for power came from him and made them all well.

²⁰And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

²¹Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

²²Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

²³Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

²⁴But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

²⁵Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

²⁶Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

²⁷But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

²⁸Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.

²⁹If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

³⁰Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.

³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.

³²If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.

³³And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

³⁴And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

³⁵But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

³⁶Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

³⁷Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

³⁸Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

³⁹And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

⁴⁰The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

⁴¹And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

⁴²How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

⁴³For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.

⁴⁴For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

⁴⁵The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

⁴⁶Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

⁴⁷Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

⁴⁸He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

⁴⁹But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

Luke 7

¹After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

²And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.

³And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

⁴And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,

⁵It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

⁶And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

⁷And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

⁸For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

⁹And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

¹⁰And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

¹¹And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

¹²Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

¹³And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

¹⁴And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

¹⁵And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

¹⁶And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

¹⁷And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.

¹⁸And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

¹⁹Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

²⁰And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

²¹At that time, he made a number of people free from their diseases and their pains, and from evil spirits; and to others who were blind he gave back the use of their eyes.

²²And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

²³And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

²⁴And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

²⁵But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

²⁶But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

²⁷This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

²⁸I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²⁹(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

³¹What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

³²They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

³³For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

³⁴The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

³⁵But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.

³⁶And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

³⁷And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

³⁸And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

³⁹Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

⁴⁰And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

⁴¹And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

⁴²When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?

⁴³Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.

⁴⁴And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

⁴⁵You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.

⁴⁶You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

⁴⁷And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

⁴⁸And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.

⁴⁹And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?

⁵⁰And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.