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A man whose right hand was paralyzed was there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:7 Lit. him">e</a></span> closely to see<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:7 The Gk. lacks to see">f</a></span> whether he would heal on the Sabbath, in order to find a way of accusing him of doing something wrong. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:8 Lit. he">g</a></span> knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, <span class="red">“Get up, and stand in the middle of the synagogue.”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:8 The Gk. lacks of the synagogue">h</a></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 asked them, <span class="red">“I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath, to save a 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 all of them and then told the man,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:10 Lit. him">i</a></span> <span class="red">“Hold out your hand.”</span> The man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:10 Lit. He">j</a></span> did so, and his hand was restored to health. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The others were furious<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:11 Or were stupefied">k</a></span> and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/10.htm">Matthew 10:1-4</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/3.htm">Mark 3:13-19</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now it was in those days that Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:12 Lit. he">l</a></span> went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When daylight came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also called 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 (the 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 (the son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Ministers to Many People</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:23-25</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:17 Lit. he">m</a></span> came down with them and stood on a level place, along with many of his disciples and a large gathering of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing all of them.</p> <p class="heading">Jesus Pronounces Blessings and Judgment</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/5.htm">Matthew 5:1-12</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 6:20 Lit. he">n</a></span> looked at his disciples and said,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="red">“How blessed are you who are destitute,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">because the kingdom of God is yours!</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">How blessed are you who are hungry now,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">because you will be satisfied!</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">How blessed are you who are crying now,</span></p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot"><span class="red">because you will laugh!</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because your reward in heaven is great! That’s the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.</span></p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“But how terrible it will be for you who are rich,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">because you have had your comfort!</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">How terrible it will be for you who are full now,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">because you will be hungry!</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now,</span></p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot"><span class="red">because you will mourn and cry!</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">“How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that’s the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!”</span></p> <p class="heading">Teaching about Love for Enemies</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/5.htm">Matthew 5:38-48</a>)</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 I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who insult you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don’t keep back your shirt, either. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them.</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 thanks do you deserve? Why, even sinners love those who love them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners do that. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Judging Others</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:1-5</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">“Stop judging, and you’ll never be judged. Stop condemning, and you’ll never be condemned. Forgive, and you’ll be forgiven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you’ll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others.”</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 a parable: <span class="red">“One blind person can’t lead another blind person, can he? Both will fall into a ditch, won’t they? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>A disciple is not better than his teacher. But everyone who is fully-trained will be like his 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 see the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you don’t see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you’ll see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”</span></p> <p class="heading">A Tree is Known by Its Fruit</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:17-20</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="red">“A good tree doesn’t produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn’t produce good fruit, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>because every tree is known by its own fruit. People<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:44 Lit. They">o</a></span> don’t gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Two Foundations</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a>)</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 keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but don’t do what I tell you? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>I will show you what everyone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn’t shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:48 Other mss. read had been built well">p</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/6-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>But the person who hears what I say<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:49 The Gk. lacks what I say">q</a></span> but doesn’t act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="6:49 Lit. it">r</a></span> quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 6:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 6:1 Other mss. read <i>on the second Sabbath after the first</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 6:2 Lit. <i>on the Sabbaths</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 6:6 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 6:7 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 6:7 The Gk. lacks <i>to see</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 6:8 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 6:8 The Gk. lacks <i>of the synagogue</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 6:10 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 6:10 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 6:11 Or <i>were stupefied</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 6:12 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 6:17 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 6:20 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 6:44 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 6:48 Other mss. read <i>had been built well</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 6:49 The Gk. lacks <i>what I say</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 6:49 Lit. <i>it</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/luke/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>