55. The Sermon on the Mount According to Luke. Lk. 6:20–49

The Lord, lifting up His eyes to His disciples, said:

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you will be filled.

Blessed are those who weep now, for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and reproach your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers treated the prophets.

But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your consolation. 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. Woe to you when all men speak well of you; for in the same way their fathers treated the false prophets.

But I say to you who are listening, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. To the one who strikes you on the cheek, turn the other also; and from the one who takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not demand back from the one who takes away what is yours. And just as you want people to treat you, treat them the same way.

And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind and merciful to the ungrateful and evil. Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure, it will be measured back to you.

He also spoke a parable to them: “Can a blind man guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?”

A disciple is not above his teacher; but everyone, when fully trained, will be like his teacher.

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take out the speck from your eye,” when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck from your brother’s eye.

For there is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor is there a bad tree that produces good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Why do you call Me “Lord, Lord,” and do not do what I say?

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and practices them, I will show you what he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation upon the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been built well.

But the one who heard and did not practice it is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it, and immediately it collapsed, and the destruction of that house was great.