Luke 6

Passage: Lord of the Sabbath, The Twelve Apostles, Blessings and Woes, Love for Enemies, Judging Others, A Tree and Its Fruit, The Wise and Foolish Builders

Memory Verse: “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”- John 10:28-30

Notes: (v.1-11) Jesus was picking grain and eating kernels on the Sabbath when some of the Pharisees accused Jesus of doing what is unlawful of the Sabbath. But Jesus replied, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." On another Sabbath Jesus met a man whose right hand was shriveled. The Pharisees were looking for a way to accuse Jesus, but Jesus asked them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" He then restored the man's hand, and the Pharisees were furious.

-(v.12-16) Jesus went to a mountainside to pray, and the next morning chose twelve of his disciples.

-(v.17-26) Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh

Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets

But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry

Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets

-(v.27-36) Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

-(v.37-42) Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye

-(v.43-49) "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored him in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks"

A man who goes to Jesus and hears his words and puts them into practice is like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When floods and torrents came, the house was not shaken because it was well built. But the one who hears his words and does not put them into practice builds his house on the ground with no foundation. It collapses the moment a torrent strikes a house.