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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Luke 6 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Luke 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/5.htm" title="Luke 5">◄</a> Luke 6 <a href="../luke/7.htm" title="Luke 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/luke/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to them, <span class="red">“The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, <span class="red">“Get up and stand in front of everyone.”</span> So he got up and stood there.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to them, <span class="red">“I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, <span class="red">“Stretch out your hand.”</span> He did so, and his hand was completely restored. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Twelve Apostles</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Blessings and Woes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Looking at his disciples, he said:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="red">“Blessed are you who are poor,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for yours is the kingdom of God.</span></p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">Blessed are you who hunger now,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for you will be satisfied.</span></p><p class="line1"><span class="red">Blessed are you who weep now,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for you will laugh.</span></p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">Blessed are you when people hate you,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">when they exclude you and insult you</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">and reject your name as evil,</span></p><p class="line3"><span class="red">because of the Son of Man.</span></p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.</span></p> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“But woe to you who are rich,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for you have already received your comfort.</span></p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">Woe to you who are well fed now,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for you will go hungry.</span></p><p class="line1"><span class="red">Woe to you who laugh now,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for you will mourn and weep.</span></p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.</span></p></div> <p class="sectionhead">Love for Enemies</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">Do to others as you would have them do to you.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">Judging Others</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He also told them this parable: <span class="red">“Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="red">The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="red">“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">A Tree and Its Fruit</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="red">“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="red">Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="red">A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">The Wise and Foolish Builders</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="red">“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="red">As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="red">They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="red">But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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