Luke 6:27-49

But I say to those of you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. If someone hits you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone takes your coat, don't prevent them taking your shirt. Give to anyone who asks you. If someone takes something from you, don't ask for it back. Do to others what you want them to do to you. If you love those who love you, why should you deserve any credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, why should you deserve any credit for that either? Sinners do that as well. If you lend money expecting to be repaid, why should you deserve any credit for that? Sinners lend money to other sinners as well, expecting to be repaid what they loaned. No: love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting to be repaid anything. Then you will receive a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, for he is kind to ungrateful and wicked people. Be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate. Don't judge, and you won't be judged; don't condemn, and you won't be condemned; forgive, and you'll be forgiven; give, and you will be given generously in return. When what you're given is measured out, it's pressed down so more can be added, spilling out over the top, pouring into your lap! For how much you give will determine how much you receive.” Then he illustrated the point: “Can a blind person lead another? Wouldn't they both fall into a ditch? Do students know more than the teacher? Only when they've learned everything: then they will be like their teacher. Why are you so worried about the speck that's in your brother's eye when you don't even notice the plank that's in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that's in your eye,’ when you don't even see the plank that's in your own eye? Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you'll be able to see well enough to take out the speck from your brother's eye. A good tree doesn't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree doesn't produce good fruit. You recognize a tree by the fruit it produces. You don't pick figs from thorn bushes, or harvest grapes from brambles. Good people produce what's good from the good things they value that they have stored inside them. Bad people produce what's bad from the bad things they have stored inside them. What fills people's minds spills out in what they say. So why do you bother to call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ when you don't do what I say? I'll give you an example of someone who comes to me, hears my instructions, and follows them. That person is like a man building a house. He digs down deep and lays the foundations on solid rock. When the river bursts its banks and the floodwater breaks against the house it's not damaged because it's built so well. The person who hears me but doesn't do what I say is like a man who builds a house without foundations. When the floodwater breaks against the house it collapses immediately—it's completely destroyed.”