A Q-Based Biography of Jesus

CHAPTER THREE

    1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
    2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
    3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
    4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
    5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
    6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
    7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
    8 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
    9 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
    10 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
    11 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
    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 he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
    14 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
    15 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
    16 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
    17 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
    18 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him:
    19 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;
    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 I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
    25 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
    26 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.
    27 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
    28 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
    29 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
    30 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
    31 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.
    32 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
    33 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
    34 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.
    35 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
    36 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
    37 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
    38 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.
    39 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
    40 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.
    41 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.
    42 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
    43 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
    44 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.
    45 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.

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