Luke 6:27–8:25

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^alove your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

²⁸bless those who curse you, ^apray for those who disparage you.

²⁹“^aWhoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your garment, do not withhold your ¹tunic from him either.

³⁰“Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

³¹“And ^1atreat others the same way you want ²them to treat you.

³²“^aAnd if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

³³“And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

³⁴“^aAnd if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.

³⁵“But ^alove your enemies, and do good, and lend, ¹expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be ^bsons of ^cthe Most High; for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

³⁶“¹Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Do Not Judge

³⁷“^aAnd do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; ^1bpardon, and you will be ²pardoned.

³⁸“Give, and it will be given to you. They will ¹pour ^ainto your lap a ^bgood measure—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

³⁹And He also spoke a parable to them: “^aCan a blind man guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰“^aA ¹student is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will ²be like his teacher.

⁴¹“And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

⁴²“How 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.

⁴³“^aFor there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, ¹on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

⁴⁴“^aFor each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

⁴⁵“^aThe good man out of the good ¹treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. ^bFor his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

Build Your House on the Rock

⁴⁶“^aNow why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

⁴⁷“^aEveryone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like:

⁴⁸he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

⁴⁹“But the one who heard and did not do accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the river burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

CHAPTER 7

The Centurion’s Faith

^1aWhen He had completed all His words in the hearing of the people, ^bHe went to Capernaum.

²And a centurion’s slave, ¹who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.

³Now when he heard about Jesus, ^ahe sent some ¹Jewish elders asking Him to come and ²save the life of his slave.

⁴And when they came to Jesus, they were earnestly pleading with Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him;

⁵for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

⁶Now Jesus was going on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “¹Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not good enough for You to come under my roof.

⁷“For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just ¹say the word, and my ²servant will be healed.

⁸“For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

⁹Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him. And He turned to the crowd that was following Him and said, “I say to you, ^anot even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

¹⁰And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

¹¹And it happened that soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain, and His disciples were going along with Him, ¹accompanied by a large crowd.

¹²Now as He approached the gate of the city, behold, ¹a dead man was being carried out, the ²only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

¹³And when ^athe Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, “Do not cry.”

¹⁴And He came up and touched the coffin, and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”

¹⁵And the ¹dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

^16aAnd fear gripped them all, and they began ^bglorifying God, saying, “A great ^cprophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has ¹visited His people!”

^17aAnd this report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.

Questions from John the Baptist

^18aAnd the disciples of John reported to him about all these things.

¹⁹Summoning ¹two of his disciples, John sent them to ^athe Lord, saying, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

²⁰When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

²¹At that ¹very time He ^acured many people of diseases and ^bafflictions and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many who were blind.

²²And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the ^ablind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the ^bpoor have the gospel preached to them.

²³“Blessed is he ¹who does not take offense at Me.”

²⁴And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

²⁵“¹But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Behold, those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces!

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

²⁷“This is the one about whom it is written,

‘^aBehold, I send My messenger ¹ahead of You,

Who will prepare Your way before You.’

²⁸“I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is ¹least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they ¹acknowledged ^aGod’s justice, ^bhaving been baptized with ^cthe baptism of John.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the ^ascholars of the Law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by ¹John.

³¹“To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

³²“They are like children, sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’

³³“For John the Baptist has come ^aeating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

³⁴“The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a ¹drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and ²sinners!’

³⁵“Yet wisdom ^ais vindicated ¹by all her children.”

³⁶Now one of the Pharisees was asking Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

^37aAnd behold, there was a woman in the city who was a ¹sinner. And when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.

³⁸And standing behind Him at His feet, crying, she began to wet His feet with her tears. And she kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

³⁹Now when the Pharisee, who had invited Him, saw this, he said to himself, saying, “If this man were ^aa prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

Parable of Two Debtors

⁴⁰And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he ¹replied, “Say it, Teacher.”

⁴¹“A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred ^1adenarii, and the other fifty.

⁴²“When they ^awere unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?”

⁴³Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he graciously forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

⁴⁴And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you ^agave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

⁴⁵“You ^agave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.

⁴⁶“^aYou did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

⁴⁷“For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

⁴⁸Then He said to her, “^aYour sins have been forgiven.”

⁴⁹And those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say ¹to themselves, “^aWho is this man who even forgives sins?”

⁵⁰And He said to the woman, “^aYour faith has saved you; ^bgo in peace.”

CHAPTER 8

Many Women Contribute to Jesus’ Ministry

¹And it happened that soon afterward He was going around from one city and village to another, ^apreaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him,

²and also ^asome women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: ^bMary who was called…