Luke 6:12–38

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

¹²Now it happened that ¹at this time He went off to ^athe mountain to ^bpray, and He was spending the whole night in prayer to God.

¹³And when day came, ^aHe called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ^bapostles:

¹⁴Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

¹⁵and ^aMatthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

¹⁶Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹⁷And Jesus ^acame down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ^ba large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ^cTyre and Sidon,

¹⁸who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

¹⁹And all the crowd was trying to ^atouch Him, for ^bpower was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say,

“^aBlessed are the poor, for ^byours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

^22aBlessed are you when men hate you, and ^bexclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

²³“Be glad in that day and ^aleap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ^btheir fathers were doing the same things to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

²⁴“But woe to ^ayou who are rich, for ^byou are receiving your comfort in full.

²⁵Woe to you who ¹are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.

²⁶Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers were doing the same things to the ^afalse prophets.

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.”