1One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain.

2But some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

6On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching.

7The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.

12One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

13At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names:

17When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon.

18They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by evil6:18 Greek unclean. spirits were healed.

19Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.

20Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said,

22 What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.

27 “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you.

28Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.

29If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also.

30Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back.

37 “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.

43 “A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.

44A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.

46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?

47I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it.

48It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.