Luke 6:27–8:25

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^sLove your enemies, ^tdo good to those who hate you, ^28ubless those who curse you, ^spray for those who abuse you. ^29vTo one who ^wstrikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic² either. ^30xGive to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. ³¹And ^yas you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

^32z“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴And ^aif you ^blend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. ³⁵But ^clove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^dyou will be sons of ^ethe Most High, for ^fhe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. ^36gBe merciful, even as ^hyour Father is merciful.

Judging Others

^37ij“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; ^jforgive, and you will be forgiven; ^38kgive, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put ^linto your lap. For ^mwith the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

³⁹He also told them a parable: ⁿ“Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? ^40oA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is ^pfully trained will be like his teacher. ⁴¹ⁱWhy do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but ^qdo not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴²How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit

⁴³“For ^rno good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, ⁴⁴for ^seach tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. ^45tThe good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces ^uevil, ^vfor out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Build Your House on the Rock

^46w“Why ^xdo you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? ^47yEveryone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: ⁴⁸he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.^{3 49z}But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and ^athe ruin of that house was great.”

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant

7After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, ^bhe entered Capernaum. ²Now a centurion had a servant¹ who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. ³When the centurion² heard about Jesus, ^che sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, ^d“He is worthy to have you do this for him, ⁵for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us ^eour synagogue.” ⁶And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, ^fdo not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. ⁷Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But ^gsay the word, and let my servant be healed. ⁸For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁹When Jesus heard these things, ^hhe marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such ⁱfaith.” ¹⁰And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

¹¹Soon afterward³ he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. ¹²As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, ^jthe only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. ¹³And when the Lord saw her, ^khe had compassion on her and ^lsaid to her, “Do not weep.” ¹⁴Then he came up and touched ^mthe bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, ⁿarise.” ¹⁵And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus^{4 o}gave him to his mother. ¹⁶Fear seized them all, and ^pthey glorified God, saying, ^q“A great prophet has arisen among us!” and ^r“God has visited his people!” ¹⁷And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Messengers from John the Baptist

^18stThe disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, ¹⁹calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one ^uwho is to come, or ^vshall we look for another?” ²⁰And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one ^uwho is to come, or ^vshall we look for another?’ ” ²¹In that hour ^whe healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and ^xon many who were blind he bestowed sight. ²²And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: ^ythe blind receive their sight, the lame walk, ^zlepers⁵ are cleansed, and ^athe deaf hear, ^bthe dead are raised up, ^cthe poor have good news preached to them. ²³And blessed is the one who is ^dnot offended by me.”

²⁴When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus⁶ began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out ^einto the wilderness to see? ^fA reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts. ²⁶What then did you go out to see? ^gA prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he of whom it is written,

^h“ ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

who will prepare your way before you.’

²⁸I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” ²⁹(ⁱWhen all the people heard this, and ^jthe tax collectors too, they declared God just,^{7 j}having been baptized with ^kthe baptism of John, ^30lbut the Pharisees and ^mthe lawyers ⁿrejected ^othe purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

³¹“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? ³²They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,

“ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;

we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

³³For John the Baptist has come ^peating no bread and ^qdrinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴The Son of Man has come ^reating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^sa friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ³⁵Yet ^twisdom is justified by all her children.”

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

^36uOne of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. ^37vAnd behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, ³⁸and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and ^wwiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. ³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If ^xthis man were ^ya prophet, he ^zwould have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” ⁴⁰And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”

⁴¹“A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred ^adenarii, and the other fifty. ^42bWhen they could not pay, he ^ccancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” ⁴³Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.” ⁴⁴Then turning toward the woman he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; ^dyou gave me no water for my feet, but ^eshe has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. ^45fYou gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to ^gkiss my feet. ^46hYou did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. ⁴⁷Therefore I tell you, her sins, ⁱwhich are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” ⁴⁸And he said to her, ^j“Your sins are forgiven.” ⁴⁹Then those who were at table with him began to say among⁸ themselves, ^k“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” ⁵⁰And he said to the woman, ^l“Your faith has saved you; ^mgo in peace.”

Women Accompanying Jesus

8Soon afterward he went on ⁿthrough cities and villages, proclaiming and ^obringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, ²and also ^psome women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: ^qMary, called Magdalene, ^rfrom whom seven demons had gone out, ³and ^sJoanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them¹ out of their means.

The Parable of the Sower

^4tAnd when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, ^5u“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed,…