6:12 Now 10 it was during this time that Jesus 11 went out to the mountain 12 to pray, and he spent all night 13 in prayer to God. 14 6:13 When 15 morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 16 6:14 Simon 17 (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 18 6:15 Matthew, Thomas, 19 James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 20 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, 21 who became a traitor.
6:17 Then 22 he came down with them and stood on a level place. 23 And a large number 24 of his disciples had gathered 25 along with 26 a vast multitude from all over Judea, from 27 Jerusalem, 28 and from the seacoast of Tyre 29 and Sidon. 30 They came to hear him and to be healed 31 of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from 32 unclean 33 spirits were cured. 6:19 The 34 whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power 35 was coming out from him and healing them all.
6:20 Then 36 he looked up 37 at his disciples and said:
“Blessed 38 are you who are poor, 39 for the kingdom of God belongs 40 to you.
6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger 41 now, for you will be satisfied. 42
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 43
6:22 “Blessed are you when people 44 hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil 45 on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because 46 your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors 47 did the same things to the prophets. 48
6:24 “But woe 49 to you who are rich, for you have received 50 your comfort 51 already.
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food 52 now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you 53 who laugh 54 now, for you will mourn and weep.
6:26 “Woe to you 55 when all people 56 speak well of you, for their ancestors 57 did the same things to the false prophets.
6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, 58 do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat 59 you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, 60 offer the other as well, 61 and from the person who takes away your coat, 62 do not withhold your tunic 63 either. 64 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, 65 and do not ask for your possessions 66 back 67 from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others 68 in the same way that you would want them to treat you. 69
6:32 “If 70 you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners 71 love those who love them. 72 6:33 And 73 if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 74 sinners 75 do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, 76 what credit is that to you? Even sinners 77 lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 78 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. 79 Then 80 your reward will be great, and you will be sons 81 of the Most High, 82 because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 83 6:36 Be merciful, 84 just as your Father is merciful.
6:37 “Do 85 not judge, 86 and you will not be judged; 87 do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, 88 and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, 89 will be poured 90 into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 91
6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? 92 Won’t they both fall 93 into a pit? 6:40 A disciple 94 is not greater than 95 his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why 96 do you see the speck 97 in your brother’s eye, but fail to see 98 the beam of wood 99 in your own? 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6:43 “For 100 no good tree bears bad 101 fruit, nor again 102 does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known 103 by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered 104 from thorns, nor are grapes picked 105 from brambles. 106 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his 107 heart 108 produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury 109 produces evil, for his mouth speaks 110 from what fills 111 his heart.
6:46 “Why 112 do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ 113 and don’t do what I tell you? 114
6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice 115 – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man 116 building a house, who dug down deep, 117 and laid the foundation on bedrock. When 118 a flood came, the river 119 burst against that house but 120 could not shake it, because it had been well built. 121 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice 122 is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When 123 the river burst against that house, 124 it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” 125