Luke 6:1-26

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6 ^(A)On a Sabbath,^[a] while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples ^(B)plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ²But some of the Pharisees said, ^(C)“Why are you doing ^(D)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³And Jesus answered them, ^(E)“Have you not read ^(F)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴how he entered the house of God and took and ate ^(G)the bread of the Presence, ^(H)which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵And he said to them, ^(I)“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

A Man with a Withered Hand

⁶On another Sabbath, ^(J)he entered the synagogue ^(K)and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees ^(L)watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, ^(M)so that they might find a reason to accuse him. ⁸But ^(N)he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. ⁹And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, ^(O)is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰And ^(P)after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And ^(Q)he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹But they were filled with ^(R)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles

¹²In these days ^(S)he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. ¹³And when day came, ^(T)he called his disciples ^(U)and ^(V)chose from them twelve, whom he named ^(W)apostles: ¹⁴Simon, ^(X)whom he named Peter, and ^(Y)Andrew his brother, and ^(Z)James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, ¹⁵and ^(AA)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called ^(AB)the Zealot, ¹⁶and ^(AC)Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

¹⁷And ^(AD)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with ^(AE)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of ^(AF)Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. ^(AG)And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹And all the crowd ^(AH)sought to touch him, for ^(AI)power came out from him and healed them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And ^(AJ)he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, ^(AK)and said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for ^(AL)yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹^(AM)“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

^(AN)“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²²“Blessed are you when ^(AO)people hate you and when they ^(AP)exclude you and revile you and ^(AQ)spurn your name as evil, ^(AR)on account of the Son of Man! ²³^(AS)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ^(AT)so their fathers did to the prophets.