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<span id="v49006004" class="ver">4</span>[How] he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering,<a id="rfn49006004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006004-1">*</a> which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions.”<a id="ren49006004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006004-d">d</a> <span id="v49006005" class="ver">5</span>Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”</p> <p><span id="v49006006" class="ver">6</span><a id="ren49006006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006006-e">e</a> On another sabbath he went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. <span id="v49006007" class="ver">7</span>The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him.<a id="ren49006007-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006007-f">f</a> <span id="v49006008" class="ver">8</span>But he realized their intentions and said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up and stand before us.” And he rose and stood there.<a id="ren49006008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006008-g">g</a> <span id="v49006009" class="ver">9</span>Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” <span id="v49006010" class="ver">10</span>Looking around at them all, he then said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so and his hand was restored. <span id="v49006011" class="ver">11</span>But they became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Mission of the Twelve.<a id="rfn49006012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006012-1">*</a></span> <span id="v49006012" class="ver">12</span><a id="ren49006012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006012-h">h</a> In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer<a id="rfn49006012-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006012-2">*</a> to God. <span id="v49006013" class="ver">13</span>When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve,<a id="rfn49006013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006013-1">*</a> whom he also named apostles: <span id="v49006014" class="ver">14</span><a id="ren49006014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006014-i">i</a> Simon, whom he named Peter,<a id="rfn49006014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006014-1">*</a> and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, <span id="v49006015" class="ver">15</span>Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot,<a id="rfn49006015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006015-1">*</a> <span id="v49006016" class="ver">16</span>and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot,<a id="rfn49006016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006016-1">*</a> who became a traitor.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Ministering to a Great Multitude.<a id="ren49006017-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006017-j">j</a></span> <span id="v49006017" class="ver">17</span><a id="rfn49006017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006017-1">*</a> And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon <span id="v49006018" class="ver">18</span>came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. <span id="v49006019" class="ver">19</span>Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Sermon on the Plain.<a id="ren49006020-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006020-k">k</a></span> <span id="v49006020" class="ver">20</span><a id="rfn49006020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006020-1">*</a> And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“Blessed are you who are poor,<a id="rfn49006020-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006020-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">for the kingdom of God is yours.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v49006021" class="ver">21</span>Blessed are you who are now hungry,</p> <p class="sl1">for you will be satisfied.</p> <p class="sl">Blessed are you who are now weeping,</p> <p class="sl1">for you will laugh.<a id="ren49006021-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006021-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v49006022" class="ver">22</span>Blessed are you when people hate you,</p> <p class="sl1">and when they exclude and insult you,</p> <p class="sl1">and denounce your name as evil</p> <p class="sl1l">on account of the Son of Man.<a id="ren49006022-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006022-m">m</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v49006023" class="ver">23</span>Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.<a id="ren49006023-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006023-n">n</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v49006024" class="ver">24</span>But woe to you who are rich,</p> <p class="sl1">for you have received your consolation.<a id="ren49006024-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006024-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v49006025" class="ver">25</span>But woe to you who are filled now,</p> <p class="sl1">for you will be hungry.</p> <p class="sl">Woe to you who laugh now,</p> <p class="sl1">for you will grieve and weep.<a id="ren49006025-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006025-p">p</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v49006026" class="ver">26</span>Woe to you when all speak well of you,</p> <p class="sl1">for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.<a id="ren49006026-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006026-q">q</a></p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Love of Enemies.<a id="rfn49006027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006027-1">*</a></span> <span id="v49006027" class="ver">27</span><a id="ren49006027-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006027-r">r</a> “But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,<a id="ren49006027-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006027-s">s</a> <span id="v49006028" class="ver">28</span>bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.<a id="ren49006028-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006028-t">t</a> <span id="v49006029" class="ver">29</span>To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. <span id="v49006030" class="ver">30</span>Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. <span id="v49006031" class="ver">31</span>Do to others as you would have them do to you.<a id="ren49006031-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006031-u">u</a> <span id="v49006032" class="ver">32</span>For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. <span id="v49006033" class="ver">33</span>And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. <span id="v49006034" class="ver">34</span>If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit [is] that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount.<a id="ren49006034-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006034-v">v</a> <span id="v49006035" class="ver">35</span>But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.<a id="ren49006035-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006035-w">w</a> <span id="v49006036" class="ver">36</span>Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Judging Others.<a id="rfn49006037-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006037-1">*</a></span> <span id="v49006037" class="ver">37</span><a id="ren49006037-x" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006037-x">x</a> “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.<a id="ren49006037-y" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006037-y">y</a> <span id="v49006038" class="ver">38</span>Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”<a id="ren49006038-z" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006038-z">z</a> <span id="v49006039" class="ver">39</span>And he told them a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?<a id="ren49006039-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006039-a">a</a> <span id="v49006040" class="ver">40</span>No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.<a id="ren49006040-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006040-b">b</a> <span id="v49006041" class="ver">41</span>Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? <span id="v49006042" class="ver">42</span>How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">A Tree Known by Its Fruit.<a id="ren49006043-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006043-c">c</a></span> <span id="v49006043" class="ver">43</span><a id="rfn49006043-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006043-1">*</a> “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. <span id="v49006044" class="ver">44</span>For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. <span id="v49006045" class="ver">45</span>A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Two Foundations.</span> <span id="v49006046" class="ver">46</span><a id="ren49006046-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006046-d">d</a> “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command? <span id="v49006047" class="ver">47</span><a id="rfn49006047-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn49006047-1">*</a> I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them.<a id="ren49006047-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en49006047-e">e</a> <span id="v49006048" class="ver">48</span>That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. <span id="v49006049" class="ver">49</span>But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. 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