Dual Panel1ONE Sabbath day, as Jesus happened to be passing through the cornfields, his disciples began picking the ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
2Some of the Pharisees remarked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids men to do on the Sabbath day?"
3Jesus answered them and said, "Have you never read what David and his men did when they were hungry?
4He went into the house of God, took the presentation loaves, ate some bread himself and gave some to those with him, even though the Law does not permit anyone except the priests to eat it."
5Then he added, "The Son of Man is master even of the Sabbath."
6On another Sabbath day when he went into a synagogue to teach, there was a man there whose right hand was wasted away.
7The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath day, which would give them grounds for an accusation.
8But he knew what was going on in their minds, and said to the man with the wasted hand, "Stand up and come forward." And he got up and stood there.
9Then Jesus said to them, "I am going to ask you a question. Does the Law command us to do good on the Sabbath or do harmto save life or destroy it?"
10He looked round, meeting all their eyes, and said to the man, "Now stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored as sound as the other one.
11But they were filled with insane fury and kept discussing with each other what they could do to Jesus.
12It was in those days that he went up the hillside to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.
13When daylight came, he summoned his disciples to him and out of them he chose twelve whom he called apostles.
14They wereSimon (whom he called Peter), Andrew, his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
15Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alphaeus, Simon, called the nationalist,
16Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed him.
17Then he came down with them and stood on a level piece of ground, surrounded by a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastal district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.
18(And even those who were troubled with evil spirits were cured.)
19The whole crowd were trying to touch him with their hands, for power was going out from him and he healed them all.
20Then Jesus looked steadily at his disciples and said, "How happy are you who own nothing, for the kingdom of God is yours!
21"How happy are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied! "How happy are you who weep now, for you are going to laugh!
22"How happy you are when men hate you and turn you out of their company; when they slander you and reject all that you stand for because you are loyal to the Son of Man.
23Be glad when that happens and jump for joyyour reward in Heaven is magnificent. For that is exactly how their fathers treated the prophets.
24"But how miserable for you who are rich, for you have had all your comforts!
25"How miserable for you who have all you wants for you are going to be hungry! "How miserable for you who are laughing now, for you will know sorrow and tears!
26"How miserable for you when everybody praises you, for that is exactly how their fathers treated the false prophets.
27"But I say to all of you who will listen to me: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who treat you spitefully.
29"As for the man who hits you on one cheek, offer him the other one as well! And if a man is taking away your coat, do not stop him from taking your shirt as well.
30Give to everyone who asks you, and when a man has taken what belongs to you, don't demand it back.
31"Treat men exactly as you would like them to treat you.
32If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them!
33And if you do good only to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that much.
34And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get your money back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners and expect to get their money back.
35No, you are to love your [enemies] and do good and lend without hope of return. Your reward will be wonderful and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked!
36"You must be merciful, as your Father is merciful.
37Don't judge other people and you will not be judged yourselves. Don't condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive others and people will forgive you.
38Give and men will give to youyes, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will they pour into your lap. For whatever measure you use with other people, they will use in their dealings with you."
39Then he gave them an illustration"Can one blind man be guide to another blind man? Surely they will both fall into the ditch.
40A disciple is not above his teacher, but when he is fully trained he will be like his teacher.
41"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and fail to notice the plank in your own?
42How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye' when you cannot see the plank in your own? You fraud, take the plank out of your own eye first and then you cart see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
43"It is impossible for a good tree to produce bad fruitas impossible as it is for a bad tree to produce good fruit.
44Do not men know what a tree is by its fruit? You cannot pick figs from briars, or gather a bunch of grapes from a blackberry bush!
45A good man produces good things from the good stored up in his heart, and a bad man produces evil things from his own stores of evil. For a man's words express what overflows from his heart.
46"And what is the point of calling me, 'Lord, Lord',without doing what I tell you to do?
47Let me show you what the men who comes to me, hears what I have to say, and puts it into practice, is really like.
48He is like a man building a house, who dug down to rockbottom and laid the foundation of his house upon it. Then when the flood came and the floodwater swept down upon that home, it could not shift it because it was properly built.
49But the man who hears me and does not act upon what he hears is like a man who built his house upon soft earth without foundation. When the floodwater swept down upon it, it collapsed and the whole house crashed down in ruins."