Luke 6-7

Luke 6

¹And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

²and certain of the Pharisees said to them, ‘Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

³And Jesus answering said unto them, ‘Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

⁵and he said to them, -- ‘The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

⁶And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered,

⁷and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

⁸And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, ‘Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

⁹Then said Jesus unto them, ‘I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

¹⁰And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, ‘Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

¹¹and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

¹³and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

¹⁴(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

¹⁶Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

¹⁷and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

¹⁸and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

¹⁹and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

²⁰And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: ‘Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

²¹‘Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. ‘Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

²²‘Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

²³rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward is great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

²⁴‘But wo to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

²⁵‘Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. ‘Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

²⁶‘Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

²⁷‘But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

²⁸bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

²⁹and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

³⁰‘And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

³¹and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

³²and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

³³and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

³⁴and if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

³⁵‘But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

³⁶be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

³⁷‘And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

³⁸‘Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

³⁹And he spake a simile to them, ‘Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

⁴¹‘And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

⁴²or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

⁴³‘For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;

⁴⁴for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.

⁴⁵‘The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

⁴⁶‘And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

⁴⁷Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

⁴⁸he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

⁴⁹‘And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

Luke 7

¹And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

²and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

³and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

⁴And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- ‘He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

⁵for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

⁶And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, ‘Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

⁷wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

⁸for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

⁹And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, ‘I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

¹⁰and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

¹¹And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

¹²and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

¹³And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, ‘Be not weeping;'

¹⁴and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing it stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'

¹⁵and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

¹⁶and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- ‘A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- ‘God did look upon His people.'

¹⁷And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

¹⁸And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

¹⁹and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, ‘Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

²⁰And having come near to him, the men said, ‘John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

²¹And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

²²And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

²³and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

²⁴And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: ‘What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

²⁵but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

²⁶‘But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

²⁷this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

²⁸for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

²⁹And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

³⁰but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³¹And the Lord said, ‘To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

³²they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

³³‘For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

³⁴the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

³⁵and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

³⁶And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

³⁷and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

³⁸and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

³⁹And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, ‘This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

⁴⁰And Jesus answering said unto him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, ‘Teacher, say on.'

⁴¹‘Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

⁴²and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

⁴³And Simon answering said, ‘I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, ‘Rightly thou didst judge.'

⁴⁴And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

⁴⁵a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

⁴⁶with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

⁴⁷therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

⁴⁸And he said to her, ‘Thy sins have been forgiven;'

⁴⁹and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, ‘Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'

⁵⁰and he said unto the woman, ‘Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'