Luke 4:42-7:35

^4:42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the crowds looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he would not go away from them. ⁴³ But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.” ⁴⁴ And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

^5:1 Now it happened, while the crowd pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. ² He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets. ³ He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. ⁴ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

⁵ Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets.” ⁶ When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. ⁷ They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸ But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Yeshua’s knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.” ⁹ For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught; ¹⁰ and so also were Jacob and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.

Yeshua said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching people.”

¹¹ When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him. ¹² It happened, while he was in one of the cities, look, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Yeshua, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

¹³ And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴ And he commanded him, “Do not tell anyone, but go your way, and show yourself to the cohen, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.” ¹⁵ But the report concerning him spread much more, and large crowds came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities. ¹⁶ But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

¹⁷ It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal. ¹⁸ And look, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before him. ¹⁹ Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Yeshua. ²⁰ Seeing their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

²² But Yeshua, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’ ²⁴ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (he said to the paralyzed man), “I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house.”

²⁵ Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. ²⁶ Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

²⁷ After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me.”

²⁸ He left everything, and rose up and followed him. ²⁹ Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them. ³⁰ The Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his talmidim, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” ³¹ Yeshua answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. ³² I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

³³ They said to him, “The talmidim of John often fast and pray, likewise also the talmidim of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”

³⁴ He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.” ³⁶ He also told a parable to them. “No one having torn a piece from a new garment puts it on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old. ³⁷ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. ³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ No one having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.'”

^6:1 Now it happened on the second chief Sabbath that he was going through the grain fields. His talmidim plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

³ Yeshua, answering them, said, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; ⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the cohanim alone?” ⁵ He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

⁶ It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. ⁷ The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. ⁸ But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood. ⁹ Then Yeshua said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?” ¹⁰ He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored. ¹¹ But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Yeshua.

¹² It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. ¹³ When it was day, he called his talmidim, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named emissaries ¹⁴ Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; Jacob; John; Philip; Bartholomew; ¹⁵ Matthew; Thomas; Jacob, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; ¹⁶ Judah the son of Jacob; and Judah Iscariot, who also became a traitor. ¹⁷ He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a large crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸ who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹ All the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

²⁰ He lifted up his eyes to his talmidim, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
²² Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for look, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

²⁴ “But woe to you who are rich. For you have received your consolation.
²⁵ Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
²⁶ Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

²⁷ “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹ To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt either. ³⁰ Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

³¹ And as you would like people to do to you, you also do the same to them. 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 hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. ³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

³⁶ Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. ³⁷ Do not judge, and you won’t be judged. Do not condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

³⁸ “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

³⁹ He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰ A talmid is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. ⁴¹ And why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴² Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite. First remove the log from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye. ⁴³ For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. ⁴⁴ For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵ The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things which I say? ⁴⁷ Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like someone building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But he who hears, and does not do, is like someone who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

^7:1 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. ² A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death. ³ When he heard about Yeshua, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant. ⁴ When they came to Yeshua, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him, ⁵ for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.” ⁶ Yeshua went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. ⁷ Therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go.’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come.’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

⁹ When Yeshua heard these things, he was amazed at him, and turned and said to the crowd who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.” ¹⁰ And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant in good health.

¹¹ It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and many of his talmidim, along with a large crowd, went with him. ¹² And when he drew near to the gate of the city, then look, a man who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. ¹³ When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Do not cry.” ¹⁴ He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise.” ¹⁵ He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

¹⁶ Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us.” and, “God has visited his people.” ¹⁷ This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

¹⁸ The talmidim of John told him about all these things. ¹⁹ John, calling to himself two of his talmidim, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” ²⁰ When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Immerser has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'”

²¹ In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight. ²² Yeshua answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. ²³ Blessed is he who is not offended by me.”

²⁴ When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Look, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he of whom it is written,

‘Look, I send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’

²⁸ “I tell you, among those who are born of women there is none greater than John, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹ When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been immersed with John’s immersion. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the Law scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being immersed by him themselves.

³¹ “To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like? ³² They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance. We mourned, and you did not weep.’ ³³ For John the Immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ ³⁵ Wisdom is justified by all her children.”