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Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands.

But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”

Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

how he entered into God’s house, 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 priests alone?”

He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

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.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

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.

Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?”

He looked around at them all, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;

Matthew; Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus; Simon who was called the Zealot;

Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.

He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits; and they were being healed.

All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out of him and healed them all.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

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.

Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

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.

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.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

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

He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother’s eye.

“For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you who he is like.

He is like a man 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 was founded on the rock.

But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man 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.”

ومَرَّ يسوعُ في السَّبْتِ مِن بَينِ الزُّروع، فجَعلَ تَلاميذُه يَقلَعونَ السُّنبُل ويَفرُكونَه بِأَيديهِم ثُمَّ يَأكُلونَه

فقالَ بَعضُ الفِرِّيسيِّين: «ما لكم تَفعَلونَ ما لا يَحِلُّ في السَّبْت؟»

فأَجابَهم يسوع: «أَوَما قَرأتُم ما فَعَلَ داودُ حينَ جاعَ هوَ وَالَّذينَ معه

كيفَ دَخَلَ بَيتَ اللهِ فأخذَ الخُبزَ المُقدَّس، وأَكلَ وأَعطى مِنهُ لِلَّذينَ معَه، مَعَ أَنَّ أَكْلَه لا يَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِلكَهَنَةِ وَحدَهم؟»

ثُمَّ قالَ لَهم: «إِنَّ ٱبنَ الإِنسانِ سَيِّدُ السَّبت»

ودخَلَ المَجمَعَ في سَبْتٍ آخَر، وأَخَذَ يُعَلِّم. وكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ يَدُه اليُمنى شَلَّاء

وكانَ الكَتَبَةُ والفِرِّيسيُّونَ يُراقِبونَه، لَيَروا هل يُجْري الشِّفاءَ في السَّبْت، فَيَجِدوا ما يَشكونَه بِه

فعَلِمَ أَفكارَهم، فقالَ لِلرَّجُلِ ذي اليَدِ الشَّلَّاء: «قُم فَقِفْ في وَسْطِ الجَماعة!» فقامَ ووقفَ فيه

فقالَ لَهم يسوع: «أَسأَلُكم: هل يَحِلُّ عَمَلُ الخَيرِ في السَّبْتِ أَم عَمَلُ الشَّرّ، وتَخليصُ نَفْسٍ أَم إِهلاكُها؟»

ثُمَّ أَجالَ طَرْفَه فيهِم جَميعًا، وقالَ لَه: «أُمْدُدْ يَدَكَ» ففَعلَ فَعادَت يَدُه صَحيحَة

فجُنَّ جُنونُهم وتَباحَثوا فيما يَصنَعونَ بِيَسوع

وفي تلك الأَيَّامِ ذَهَبَ إِلى الجَبَلِ لِيُصَلِّي، فأَحْيا اللَّيلَ كُلَّه في الصَّلاةِ للهِ

ولمَّا طَلَعَ الصَّباح دعا تَلاميذَه، فٱختارَ مِنهُمُ ٱثنَيْ عَشَرَ سَمَّاهم رُسُلًا وهم

سِمْعان وسَمَّاه بُطرُس، وأَندَراوُس أَخوه، ويَعقوبُ ويوحَنَّا، وفيلِبُّسُ وبَرْتُلُماوُس

ومَتَّى وتوما، ويَعقوبُ ٱبْنُ حَلْفى وسِمْعانُ الَّذي يُقالُ لَه الغَيور

ويَهوذا بْنُ يَعقوبَ ويَهوذا الإِسخَرْيوطِيُّ الَّذي ٱنقَلَبَ خائِنًا

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ معَهم فوَقَفَ في مَكانٍ مُنْبَسِط، وهُناكَ جَمعٌ كَثيرٌ مِن تَلاميذِه، وحَشْدٌ كَبيرٌ مِنَ الشَّعْب مِن جَميعِ اليَهوديَّة، وأُورَشَليم، وساحِلِ صورَ وصَيْدا

ولَقَد جاؤوا لِيَسمَعوهُ ويُبرَأُوا مِن أَمراضِهم. وكانَ الَّذينَ تَخبِطُهُمُ الأَرواحُ النَّجِسَةُ يُشفَون

وكانَ الجَمعُ كُلُّه يُحاوِلُ أَن يَلمِسَه، لِأَنَّ قُوَّةً كانَت تَخرُجُ مِنهُ فتُبرِئُهُم جَميعًا

وَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْه نَحوَ تَلاميذِه وقال: «طوبى لَكُم أَيُّها الفُقَراء فإِنَّ لَكُم مَلَكوتَ الله

طوبى لَكُم أَيُّها الجائعونَ الآن فَسَوفَ تُشبَعون. طوبى لَكُم أَيُّها الباكونَ الآن فسَوفَ تَضحَكون

طوبى لَكُم إِذا أَبغَضَكُمُ النَّاس ورَذَلوكم وشتَموا ٱسمَكُم ونَبذوهُ على أَنَّه عارٌ مِن أَجلِ ٱبنِ الإِنسان

إِفرَحوا في ذٰلك اليَومِ وٱهتزُّوا طَرَبًا، فها إِنَّ أَجرَكُم في السَّماءِ عَظيم، فهٰكذا فَعَلَ آباؤهُم بِالأَنبِياء

لٰكِنِ الوَيلُ لَكُم أَيُّها الأَغنِياء فقَد نِلتُم عَزاءَكُم

الوَيلُ لَكم أَيُّها الشِّباعُ الآن فسَوفَ تَجوعون. الوَيلُ لَكُم أَيُّها الضَّاحِكونَ الآن فسَوفَ تَحزَنونَ وتَبكون

الوَيلُ لَكُم إِذا مَدَحَكم جَميعُ النَّاس فَهٰكذا فَعَلَ آباؤُهم بِالأَنبِياءِ الكَذَّابين

«وأَمَّا أَنتُم أَيُّها السَّامِعون، فأقولُ لَكم: أَحِبُّوا أَعداءَكم، وأَحسِنوا إِلى مُبغِضيكُم

وبارِكوا لاعِنيكُم، وصلُّوا مِن أَجْلِ المُفتَرينَ الكَذِبَ علَيكُم

مَن ضَرَبَكَ على خَدِّكَ فٱعْرِضْ لَه الآخَر. ومَنِ ٱنتَزَعَ مِنكَ رِداءَكَ فَلا تَمنَعْه قَميصَكَ

وكُلُّ مَن سَأَلَكَ فأَعطِه، ومَنِ ٱغتَصَب مالَكَ فلا تُطالِبْهُ به

وكَما تُريدونَ أَن يُعامِلَكُمُ النَّاس فكذٰلِكَ عامِلُوهم

فإِن أَحبَبتُم مَن يُحِبُّكم، فأَيُّ فَضْلٍ لَكُم؟ لِأَنَّ الخَاطِئينَ أَنفُسَهُم يُحِبُّونَ مَن يُحِبُّهُم

وإِن أَحسَنتُم إِلى مَن يُحسِنُ إِلَيكُم، فأَيُّ فَضْلٍ لَكُم؟ لِأَنَّ الخاطِئينَ أَنفُسَهُم يَفعَلونَ ذٰلك

وإِن أقرَضتُم مَن تَرجُونَ أَن تَستَوفوا مِنه، فأَيُّ فَضْلٍ لَكُم؟ فهُناكَ خاطِئونَ يُقرِضونَ خاطِئينَ لِيَستَوفوا مِثلَ قَرْضِهم

ولٰكِن أَحِبُّوا أَعداءَكم، وأَحسِنوا وأَقرِضوا غَيرَ راجينَ عِوَضًا، فيَكونَ أَجرُكم عَظيمًا وتَكونوا أَبناءَ العَلِيّ، لِأَنَّه هو يَلطُفُ بِناكِري الجَميلِ والأَشرار

كونوا رُحَماءَ كما أَنَّ أَباكُم رَحيم

لا تَدينوا فَلا تُدانوا. لا تَحكُموا على أَحَدٍ فلا يُحكَمَ علَيكم. أُعْفُوا يُعْفَ عَنكم

أَعطُوا تُعطَوا: سَتُعطَونَ في أَحضانِكُم كَيْلًا حَسَنًا مَركومًا مُهَزْهَزًا طافِحًا، لِأَنَّه يُكالُ لَكم بِما تَكيلون»

وضَرَبَ لَهم مَثَلًا قال: «أَيَستَطيعُ الأَعمى أَن يَقودَ الأَعمى؟ أَلا يَسقُطُ كِلاهُما في حُفرَة؟

ما مِن تِلميذٍ أَسمى مِن مُعَلِّمِه. كُلُّ تِلميذٍ ٱكتَمَلَ عِلمُه يَكونُ مِثلَ مُعَلِّمِه

لِماذا تَنظُرُ إِلى القَذى الَّذي في عَينِ أَخيكَ؟ والخَشَبَةُ الَّتي في عَينِكَ أَفَلا تأبَهُ لَها؟

كَيفَ يُمكِنُكَ أَن تَقولَ لِأَخيكَ: يا أَخي، دَعْني أُخرِجُ القَذى الَّذي في عَينِكَ، وأَنتَ لا تَرى الخَشَبَةَ الَّتي في عَينِكَ؟ أَيُّها المُرائي، أَخرِجِ الخَشَبَةَ مِن عَينِكَ أَوَّلًا، وعِندَئذٍ تُبصِرُ فتُخرِجُ القَذى الَّذي في عَينِ أَخيك

ما مِن شَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ تُثمِرُ ثَمرًا خَبيثًا، ولا مِن شَجَرةٍ خَبيثَةٍ تُثمِرُ ثَمرًا طَيِّبًا

فكُلُّ شَجَرةٍ تُعرَفُ مِن ثَمَرِها، لِأَنَّه مِنَ الشَّوكِ لا يُجْنى تِين، ولا مِنَ العُلَّيقِ يُقطَفُ عِنَب

الإِنْسانُ الطَّيِّبُ مِنَ الكَنْزِ الطَّيِّبِ في قَلبِه يُخرِجُ ما هُوَ طَيِّب، والإِنْسانُ الخَبيثُ مِن كَنزِه الخَبيثِ يُخرِجُ ما هو خَبيث، فمِن فَيضِ قَلبِه يَتَكَلَّمُ لِسانُه

لِماذا تَدعونَني: يا رَبّ، يا رَبّ! ولا تَعمَلونَ بِمَا أَقول؟

كُلُّ مَن يَأتي إِلَيَّ ويَسمَعُ كَلامي فَيعمَلُ بِه، سَأُبَيِّنُ لَكم مَن يُشبِه

يُشبِهُ رَجُلًا بَنى بَيتًا، فَحفَرَ وعمَّقَ الحَفْرَ، ثُمَّ وضَعَ الأَساسَ على الصَّخْر. فلَمَّا فاضَتِ المِياهُ ٱندَفَعَ النَّهرُ على ذٰلك البَيت، فلَم يَقوَ على زَعزَعَتِه لِأَنَّه بُنِيَ بِناءً مُحكَمًا

وأَمَّا الَّذي يَسمَعُ ولا يَعمَل، فإِنَّه يُشبِهُ رَجُلًا بَنى بَيتًا على التُّرابِ بِغَيرِ أَساس، فٱندَفَعَ النَّهرُ علَيه فٱنهارَ لِوَقتِه، وكانَ خَرابُ ذٰلك البَيتِ جَسيمًا»