Luke 6:17-49, Additional Reading Ezekiel 19

Saturday, August 30, 2025
 

17 Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. 19 And all the [a]people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are [b]you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are [c]you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. 23 Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to [d]treat the prophets. 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. 25 Woe to you who [e]are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to [f]treat the false prophets in the same way.

27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who [g]mistreat you. 29 Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your [h]coat, do not withhold your [i]shirt from him either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. 31 [j]Treat others the same way you want [k]them to treat you. 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, [l]expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. 36 [m]Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; [n]pardon, and you will be pardoned. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will [o]pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

39 And He also spoke a parable to them: “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A [p]pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will [q]be like his teacher. 41 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 42 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is 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 that is in your brother’s eye. 43 For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, [r]on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. 45 The good man out of the good [s]treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from [t]that which fills his heart.

Builders and Foundations

46 “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and [u]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who [v]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the [w]torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the [x]torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:19 Lit crowd
  2. Luke 6:20 Lit the
  3. Luke 6:21 Lit the
  4. Luke 6:23 Lit do to
  5. Luke 6:25 Lit having been filled
  6. Luke 6:26 Lit do to
  7. Luke 6:28 Or revile
  8. Luke 6:29 I.e. outer garment
  9. Luke 6:29 Or tunic; i.e. garment worn next to body
  10. Luke 6:31 Lit Do to
  11. Luke 6:31 Lit people
  12. Luke 6:35 Or not despairing at all
  13. Luke 6:36 Or Become
  14. Luke 6:37 Lit release
  15. Luke 6:38 Lit give
  16. Luke 6:40 Or disciple
  17. Luke 6:40 Or reach his teacher’s level
  18. Luke 6:43 Lit again
  19. Luke 6:45 Or treasury, storehouse
  20. Luke 6:45 Lit the abundance of
  21. Luke 6:47 Lit does
  22. Luke 6:48 Lit dug and went deep
  23. Luke 6:48 Lit river
  24. Luke 6:49 Lit river
 
 

Lament for the Princes of Israel

19 “As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel 2 and say,

‘[a]What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.
3 ‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
4 ‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
5 ‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took [b]another of her cubs
And made him a young lion.
6 ‘And he walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.
7 ‘He [c]destroyed their [d]fortified towers
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 ‘Then nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.
9 ‘They put him in a cage with hooks
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
10 ‘Your mother was like a vine in your [e]vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
11 ‘And it had [f]strong branches fit for scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 ‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its [g]strong branch [h]was torn off
So that [i]it withered;
The fire consumed it.
13 ‘And now it is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 ‘And fire has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a [j]strong branch,
A scepter to rule.’”

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:2 Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?
  2. Ezekiel 19:5 Lit one
  3. Ezekiel 19:7 So Targum; M.T. knew
  4. Ezekiel 19:7 Or widows
  5. Ezekiel 19:10 So with some ancient mss; M.T. blood
  6. Ezekiel 19:11 Lit rods of strength
  7. Ezekiel 19:12 Lit rods of her strength
  8. Ezekiel 19:12 So Gr; M.T. they were
  9. Ezekiel 19:12 So Gr; M.T. they
  10. Ezekiel 19:14 Lit rod of strength

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