LUK 6
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Plucking and Eating Heads of Grain on the Sabbath
Matt. 12:1-8; Mk. 2:23-28
1 On a Sabbath day, Jesus was passing through cornfields. His disciples were plucking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands to remove the husks.
2 Some of the Pharisees challenged them, saying, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
3 Jesus answered them, "Have you not read in Scripture what David did when he and those with him were hungry?*
4 He entered the house of God and took the consecrated bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him. This bread was not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests alone."
5 Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
Jesus Heals a Man with a Withered Hand
Matt. 12:9-14; Mk. 3:1-6
6 On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. A man was there whose right hand was withered.
7 The scribes and Pharisees were watching Jesus carefully to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find grounds to accuse Him.
8 But Jesus knew their thoughts and intentions. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand here in the middle where everyone can see." The man rose and stood there.
9 Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save a life or to destroy it?"
10 He looked around at all of them, then said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was completely restored.
11 But the Pharisees were filled with fury. They began discussing among themselves what they might do to Jesus.
The Choosing of the Twelve
Matt. 10:1-4; Mk. 3:13-19
12 In those days, Jesus went out to the mountain to pray. He spent the entire night in prayer to God—seeking the Father's will.
13 When day came, He summoned His disciples to Himself and chose twelve from among them, whom He also named apostles:
14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became the traitor.
Jesus Before a Great Multitude
Matt. 4:23-25
17 Jesus descended from the mountain with the twelve and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.
18 They had come to hear Him teach and to be healed of their diseases. Those who were troubled and tormented by unclean spirits were also being healed.
19 The whole crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was flowing out from Him and healing everyone.
The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes
Matt. 5:1-12
20 Jesus lifted up His eyes towards His disciples and began to teach, saying: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who are hungry now for righteousness, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh with joy.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you from their fellowship, when they insult and defame you, and when they reject your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for your reward is great in heaven. Their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
24 But woe to you who are rich and comfortable, for you have already received your consolation and comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way."
The Sermon on the Plain: Love for Enemies
Matt. 5:38-48; 7:12a
27 "But to you who are listening, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat and insult you.
29 When someone strikes you, refuse retaliation and be willing to endure further injustice without seeking revenge. And if someone forcefully takes your outer cloak, be ready to surrender even your inner garment rather than respond with resistance rooted in personal vengeance.
30 Be generous towards those who ask for help, and when someone takes what is yours, do not insist on reclaiming it in a vindictive or grasping spirit.
31 Treat others just as you desire that people would treat you.
32 If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them in return.
33 If you do good only to those who do good to you, what credit is that? Even sinners do the same.
34 If you lend only to those from whom you expect to be repaid, what credit is that? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to receive back the same amount.
35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil.
36 Be merciful and compassionate, just as your Father is merciful."
The Sermon on the Plain: Judging and Condemning Others and Forgiveness
Matt. 7:1-5
37 "Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give generously, 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 to measure others, it will be measured back to you."
39 Jesus also spoke a parable to them: "Can a blind person guide another blind person? Will they not both fall into a pit?
40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye but fail to notice the log in your own eye?
42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the log from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
The Sermon on the Plain: The Good Man and the Evil Person
Matt. 7:17-20; 12:34b-35
43 "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
44 Each tree is known and recognised by its own fruit. People do not gather figs from thornbushes, nor do they pick grapes from brambles.
45 The good person out of the good treasure stored in his heart brings forth good. The evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."
The Sermon on the Plain: The Two Foundations
Matt. 7:24-27
46 "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and yet do not do what I say?
47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them—I will show you what he is like:
48 He is like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid the foundation on solid rock. When a flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built on a firm foundation.
49 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 digging a foundation. When the torrent burst against it, the house immediately collapsed, and the destruction of that house was complete and catastrophic."
Notes
3 This is a reference to I Sam. 21:1-6
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Copyright © 2026 Michael Adeyemi Adegbola. This Scripture text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
