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Text -- Luke 6:1-49 (NET)

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Lord of the Sabbath
6:1 Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. 6:2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?” 6:3 Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry6:4 how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?” 6:5 Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
Healing a Withered Hand
6:6 On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered. 6:7 The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there. 6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” 6:10 After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored. 6:11 But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.
Choosing the Twelve Apostles
6:12 Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God. 6:13 When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 6:14 Simon (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
The Sermon on the Plain
6:17 Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured. 6:19 The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. 6:20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you. 6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 6:22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets. 6:24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already. 6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 6:26 “Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. 6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either. 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you. 6:32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 6:33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Do Not Judge Others
6:37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” 6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit? 6:40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6:43 “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles. 6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart. 6:46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? 6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. 6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Alphaeus the father of James, one of the twelve,the father of Levi (Matthew), one of the twelve.
 · Andrew the brother of Simon Peter
 · Bartholomew a man who was one of the twelve apostles
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Iscariot the surname of Judas, the man who betrayed Christ
 · James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
 · Judas a son of Mary and Joseph; half-brother of Jesus)
 · Judea a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
 · Matthew a son of Alpheus; a tax collector who became one of the twelve apostles
 · Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
 · Pharisee a religious group or sect of the Jews
 · Philip a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem
 · Sidon residents of the town of Sidon
 · Simon a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him
 · Thomas a man who was one of the twelve apostles also called on three occasions,
 · Tyre a resident of the town of Tyre
 · Zealot a man who was one of the twelve apostles


Dictionary Themes and Topics: SERMON ON THE MOUNT | Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 | SERMON ON THE PLAIN, THE | Sabbath | Commandments | WISDOM | Forgiveness | Tradition | Enemy | Good for Evil | Poor | James | Charitableness | SIRACH, BOOK OF | PHARISEES | Miracles | Persecution | Uncharitableness | Beam | more
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NET Notes: Luk 6:1 Grk “picked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.” The participle ψώχοντες (y...

NET Notes: Luk 6:2 The alleged violation expressed by the phrase what is against the law is performing work on the Sabbath. That the disciples ate from such a field is n...

NET Notes: Luk 6:3 Grk “Jesus, answering them, said.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “Jesus answered them.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:4 See 1 Sam 21:1-6.

NET Notes: Luk 6:5 A second point in Jesus’ defense of his disciples’ actions was that his authority as Son of Man also allowed it, since as Son of Man he wa...

NET Notes: Luk 6:6 Withered means the man’s hand was shrunken and paralyzed.

NET Notes: Luk 6:7 The background for this is the view that only if life was endangered should one attempt to heal on the Sabbath (see the Mishnah, m. Shabbat 6.3; 12.1;...

NET Notes: Luk 6:8 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the man’s action was a result of Jesus’ order.

NET Notes: Luk 6:9 With the use of the plural pronoun (“you”), Jesus addressed not just the leaders but the crowd with his question to challenge what the lea...

NET Notes: Luk 6:10 The passive was restored points to healing by God. Now the question became: Would God exercise his power through Jesus, if what Jesus was doing were w...

NET Notes: Luk 6:11 The use of the optative (ποιήσαιεν, poihsaien, “might do”) in an indirect question indicates...

NET Notes: Luk 6:12 This is an objective genitive, so prayer “to God.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:13 The term apostles is rare in the gospels, found only in Matt 10:2, possibly in Mark 3:14, and six more times in Luke (here plus 9:10; 11:49; 17:5; 22:...

NET Notes: Luk 6:14 Bartholomew (meaning “son of Tolmai” in Aramaic) could be another name for Nathanael mentioned in John 1:45.

NET Notes: Luk 6:15 The designation Zealot means that Simon was a political nationalist before coming to follow Jesus. He may not have been technically a member of the pa...

NET Notes: Luk 6:16 There is some debate about what the name Iscariot means. It probably alludes to a region in Judea and thus might make Judas the only non-Galilean in t...

NET Notes: Luk 6:17 To hear him and to be healed. Jesus had a two-level ministry: The word and then wondrous acts of service that showed his message of God’s care w...

NET Notes: Luk 6:18 Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits. See Luke 4:33.

NET Notes: Luk 6:19 There was a recognition that there was great power at work through Jesus, the subject of a great debate in 11:14-23. Luke highlights Jesus’ heal...

NET Notes: Luk 6:20 The present tense (belongs) here is significant. Jesus makes the kingdom and its blessings currently available. This phrase is unlike the others in th...

NET Notes: Luk 6:21 You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.

NET Notes: Luk 6:22 The phrase when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil alludes to a person being ostracized and socially isolated because of associati...

NET Notes: Luk 6:23 Mistreatment of the prophets is something Luke often notes (Luke 11:47-51; Acts 7:51-52).

NET Notes: Luk 6:24 Grk “your consolation.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:25 That is, laugh with happiness and joy.

NET Notes: Luk 6:26 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:27 Love your enemies is the first of four short exhortations that call for an unusual response to those who are persecuting disciples. Disciples are to r...

NET Notes: Luk 6:28 The substantival participle ἐπηρεαζόντων (ephreazontwn), sometimes translated “thos...

NET Notes: Luk 6:29 The command do not withhold your tunic either is again an image of continually being totally at risk as one tries to keep contact with those who are h...

NET Notes: Luk 6:30 Do not ask for your possessions back… is an example of showing forgiveness. Paul’s remarks in 1 Cor 6:7 may reflect this principle.

NET Notes: Luk 6:31 Jesus’ teaching as reflected in the phrase treat others in the same way you would want them to treat you, known generally as the Golden Rule, is...

NET Notes: Luk 6:32 Jesus’ point in the statement even sinners love those who love them is that disciples are to go farther than sinners do. The examples replay vv....

NET Notes: Luk 6:33 See the note on the word sinners in v. 32.

NET Notes: Luk 6:34 Grk “to receive as much again.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:35 Or “to the ungrateful and immoral.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

NET Notes: Luk 6:36 Merciful is a characteristic of God often noted in the OT: Exod 34:6; Deut 4:31; Joel 2:31; Jonah 4:2; 2 Sam 24:14. This remark also echoes the more c...

NET Notes: Luk 6:37 On forgive see Luke 11:4; 1 Pet 3:7.

NET Notes: Luk 6:38 Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured back to you.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:39 The picture of a blind man leading a blind man is a warning to watch who one follows: Won’t they both fall into a pit? The sermon has been about...

NET Notes: Luk 6:40 Or “significantly different.” The idea, as the next phrase shows, is that teachers build followers who go the same direction they do.

NET Notes: Luk 6:41 The beam of wood (also twice in v. 42) refers to a big piece of wood, the main beam of a building, in contrast to the speck in the other’s eye (...

NET Notes: Luk 6:43 Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ 33 Ï lat sy sa), lack the adverb πάλιν (palin, “again”)...

NET Notes: Luk 6:44 The statement nor are grapes picked from brambles illustrates the principle: That which cannot produce fruit, does not produce fruit.

NET Notes: Luk 6:45 Grk “for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:46 Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you? Respect is not a matter of mere words, but is reflected in obedient a...

NET Notes: Luk 6:47 Grk “and does them.”

NET Notes: Luk 6:48 Most mss, especially later ones (A C D Θ Ψ Ë1,13 Ï latt), read “because he built [it] on the rock” rather than “...

NET Notes: Luk 6:49 The extra phrase at the end of this description (and was utterly destroyed) portrays the great disappointment that the destruction of the house caused...

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