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Luke 6:12-49 |
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12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of
them he chose twelve, whom also he 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
called Zelotes,
16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which
also was the traitor.
17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the
company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of
all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and
Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their
diseases;
18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
healed.
19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went
virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed
be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.
Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall
separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and
cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your
reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their
fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your
consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you
that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so
did their fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to
them which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also
the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take
thy coat also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh
away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them
likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for
sinners also love those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank
have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much
again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be
the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful
and to the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into
your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it
shall be measured to you again.
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is
perfect shall be as his master.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me
pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself
beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite,
cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt
thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's
eye.
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither
doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men
do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of
the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I
say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth
them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and
laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it:
for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that
without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against
which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
and the ruin of that house was great.1 |
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. McGarvey and Pendleton - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/luke/four/luke6.htm
3. The Sermon on the Mount by John A. Tvedtnes - http://www.shields-research.org/Scriptures/Bible/Sermon_Mount.htm
4. Sermon on the Plain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Plain
5. Luke, The Greatest Storyteller - http://www.intouch.org/myintouch/mighty/luke2_38653942.html
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Structure of
Luke 6 |
In this chapter we have
Christ's exposition of the moral law, which he came not to
destroy, but to fulfil, and to fill up, by his gospel.
 Here is a proof of the lawfulness of works of necessity
and mercy on the Sabbath day, the former in vindication of
his disciples' plucking the ears of corn, the latter in
vindication of himself healing the withered hand on that
day (v. 1-11).
His retirement for secret prayer (v. 12).
His calling his twelve apostles (v. 13-16).
His curing the multitudes of those under various
diseases who made their application to him (v. 17-19).
The sermon that he preached to his disciples and the
multitude, instructing them in their duty both to God and
man (v. 20-49).3
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Sermon on the
Plain |
The
Sermon on the Plain, said to be by Jesus according to
Gospel of Luke 6:17-49, may be compared to the longer
Sermon on the Mount. Some commentators believe they may
be the same sermon, others that Jesus frequently
preached similar themes in different places, still
others that neither sermons really took place but were
conflations of Jesus's primary teachings as put together
by Matthew and Luke. Luke 6:12-20a sets the stage for
the sermon, Jesus spent the night on the mountain
praying to God, the next day he gathered his disciples
and selected 12 of them whom he named Apostles, on the
way down he stopped at a level place where there were a
lot of people and he cured those who were sick and then
looking at his disciples he began what is called the
Sermon on the Plain.4
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Structure of
Luke's Sermon |
Beatitudes (6:20-26)
Love your enemies and turn the other cheek (6:27-36)
Treat others the way you want to be treated (6:31)
Don't judge and you won't be judged, don't condemn and
you won't be condemned, forgive and you will be
forgiven, give and you will receive (6:37-38)
Can the blind lead the blind? Disciples are not above
their teacher (6:39-40a)
Remove the log from your own eye before attending to the
splinter in your friend's (40b-42)
A good tree does not produce bad fruit and a bad tree
cannot produce good fruit, each tree is known by its
fruit (43-45)
Why do you call me Lord, Lord yet not do what I
command? (46)
Whoever follows these words of mine builds on rock and
will survive, whoever does not builds on sand and will
be destroyed (47-49)
According to 7:1, after Jesus had said everything he had
to say to the crowd, he went to Capernaum.4
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Author of Luke |
Luke was not one of the
twelve disciples. He most likely never met Jesus during
the Lord's earthly ministry. He did not have a
post-resurrection visit from Jesus, as Paul and others
did. No, Luke was simply an ordinary man, going about his
ordinary life when he first heard the Gospel message. And,
of course, his life was never "ordinary" again. This is a
man who wrote the greatest story ever told, marking the
beginning of what many call the greatest book ever
written: the gospel that bears his name. This, combined
with the book of Acts—almost universally accepted as
Luke's sequel—composes a body of work that makes up a full
one-fourth of the New Testament. With this substantial
offering, Luke wrote more of the New Testament than any
other individual, including Paul. 5
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Little known about Luke |
We know less about Luke than
about any other New Testament writer. In fact, his name
appears only three times in all of Scripture (Colossians
4:14, Philemon 24, 2 Timothy 4:10-11). However, these
references provide vital information. First, he was a
trusted friend and travelling companion of Paul. The
apostle held him in high regard and, it is believed,
provided Luke with the source material for his gospel. It
is easy to imagine Luke and Paul on the road travelling,
talking, and sharing stories that were later recorded in
Luke's history of Jesus Christ. Also, Luke, who Scripture
seems to indicate was a Gentile, is identified as a
physician. This shows that, even from the beginning of the
church, science and faith were not mutually exclusive.
Luke's vocation also provides some explanation for his
meticulous attention to detail in recording the life and
times of Jesus and the apostles.5
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Different
Accounts |
None of
Matthew 6 appears in the sermon account given in Luke,
while about half of the material in Matthew 7 has its
counterpart in Luke, who adds a few additional items not
found in Matthew. Matthew places the sermon near the
beginning of Christ’s ministry in the Capernaum area and
before the calling of the twelve. Luke, on the other
hand places it after the call and ordination of the
twelve (Luke 6). However, the account in Luke is very
sketchy compared to the three chapters that Matthew
devoted to quoting the Saviour. Each version begins with
the beatitudes, but, while Matthew (5:3-12) lists nine
of them, Luke (6:20-26) lists only four, followed by
some "woes." Then Luke gives nothing to parallel Matthew
until Matthew 5:39-44 (Luke 6:29-31,27-8). Luke 6:32
also parallels Matthew 5:46, while Luke 6:33-35 has no
parallel in Matthew. Where Matthew 5:48 reads "Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in
heaven is perfect," Luke 6:36 has, "Be ye therefore
merciful, as your Father also is merciful."3
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Harmonising
the Sermons |
Harmonists who wish to make this sermon in Luke
identical with the sermon on the mount recorded by
Matthew, say that Jesus stood during the healing of the
multitude, and that he afterwards went a little way up
the mountain-side and sat down when he taught (Matthew
5:1). The plain is meant by our translators to
indicate a plateau on the side of the mountain, and not
the plain at its base. In this translation they were
influenced somewhat by a desire to make the two sermons
one. It is more likely that the sermons were not
identical, yet they were probably delivered about the
same time, for in each Evangelist the sermon is followed
by an account of the healing of the centurion's servant.2
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