Gospel of Luke (1-8) for the ALT Bible

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The Gospel According to Luke

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Luke 6

¹Now it happened on the second-first Sabbath [fig., the first Sabbath of the second month] He [was] passing through the grainfields, and His disciples were picking the heads of grain and were eating, rubbing [the husk from the grain] with their hands. ²And some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why are you* doing what is not lawful to be doing on the Sabbaths?” ³And answering, Jesus said to them, “Did you* not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, himself and the ones being with him? ⁴How he went into the house of God and took the loaves of bread of the presentation [fig., the consecrated bread] and ate [them] and gave [them] also to the [men] with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?” [cp. 1Sam 21:3-6; Exod 29:32-33] ⁵And He was saying to them, “The Son of Humanity is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

⁶Now it also happened on another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and [was] teaching. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered [fig., deformed]. ⁷Now the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely if He will heal on the Sabbath, so that they should find an accusation against Him. ⁸But He Himself knew their thoughts, and He said to the man, the one having the withered [fig., deformed] hand, “Get up, and stand in the middle!” So having risen, he stood. ⁹Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you* something: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil? To save life or to kill?” ¹⁰And having looked around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” Then he did so, and his hand was restored whole like the other! ¹¹But they were filled with extreme rage, and they began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²Now it happened in those days, He went out into the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in the prayer of God [or, in prayer to God]. ¹³And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also He named apostles: ¹⁴Simon, whom also He named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, ¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus and Simon, the one being called [the] Zealot, ¹⁶Judas [the son; or, the brother] of James and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.

¹⁷And having come down with them, He stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a large crowd of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the costal region of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed from their diseases; ¹⁸and the ones being harassed by unclean [or, defiling] spirits, and they were being healed! ¹⁹And the whole crowd was trying to be touching Him, because power was going out from Him, and He was healing [them] all!

²⁰And having lifted up His eyes to His disciples, He said: “Happy [are] the poor, because yours* is the kingdom of God. ²¹Happy [are] the ones hungering now, because you* will be filled. Happy [are] the ones weeping now, because you* will laugh. ²²Happy are you* when people hate you*, and when they exclude you* and insult [or, denounce] [you*] and cast out [fig., scorn] your* name as evil because of the Son of Humanity. ²³Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For listen! Your* reward [is] great in heaven, for according to these [things] [fig., in like manner] were their fathers doing to the prophets.

²⁴“Nevertheless, how horrible it will be to you*, the rich, because you* are receiving your* comfort in full. ²⁵How horrible it will be to you*, the ones having been satisfied, because you* will be hungry. How horrible it will be to you*, the ones laughing now, because you* will mourn and weep. ²⁶How horrible it will be when people speak well of you*, according to these [things] [fig., in like manner] were their fathers doing to false prophets.

²⁷“But I say to you*, the ones hearing: Be loving your* enemies. Be doing good to the ones hating you*. ²⁸Be blessing the ones cursing you*. Be praying on behalf of the ones mistreating you*. ²⁹To the one striking you on the cheek, be offering also the other; and from the one taking away from you your cloak, do not refuse the tunic also. ³⁰So be giving to every[one] asking of you, and stop demanding back from the one taking away your [belongings]. ³¹And just as you* want that people shall be doing to you*, you* also be doing to them likewise. ³²And if you* love the ones loving you*, what grace [fig., credit] is [it] to you*? For even the sinful [people] love the ones loving them. ³³And if you* are doing good to the ones doing good to you*, what grace [fig., credit] is [it] to you*? For even the sinful [people] do the same. ³⁴And if you* are lending [to those] from whom you* hope [or, expect] to receive back, what grace [fig., credit] is [that] to you*? For even sinful [people] lend to sinful [people] so that they shall receive back the same [amount].

³⁵“Nevertheless, be loving your* enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, hoping for [or, expecting] nothing in return; and your* reward will be great, and you* will be sons [and daughters] of [the] Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and evil. ³⁶Therefore, continue becoming merciful, just as your* Father also is merciful. ³⁷And stop judging, and by no means shall you* be judged. Stop condemning, and by no means shall you* be condemned. Be forgiving, and you* will be forgiven. ³⁸Be giving, and it will be given to you*--good measure, having been pressed down and shaken and running over, they will give into your* bosom [or, lap]. For with the same measure with which you* are measuring, it will be measured to you* in return.”

³⁹Then He spoke an allegory to them, “A blind [person] is not able to be leading a blind [person], is he? They will both fall into a ditch, will they not? ⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but every[one] having been fully trained will be like his teacher. ⁴¹But why do you look at the speck, the [one] in the eye of your brother [fig., friend, neighbor, or compatriot], but you do not notice the log, the [one] in your own eye? ⁴²Or how are you able to be saying to your brother, ‘Brother, allow [me], I will take out the speck, the [one] in your eye,’ [but] you yourself do not notice the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck, the [one] in the eye of your brother.

⁴³“For a good tree does not produce rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree produce good fruit. ⁴⁴For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorn plants, nor do they pick a grape cluster from a thorn bush. ⁴⁵The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces the good [thing], and the evil person out of the evil treasure of his heart produces the evil [thing]. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

⁴⁶“And why do you* call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ⁴⁷Every[one] coming to Me and hearing My words and doing them, I will show you* to whom he is like: ⁴⁸he is like a person building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the solid rock, but a flood having come, the stream burst upon that house and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded on the solid rock [or, bedrock]. ⁴⁹But the one having heard and not having done [so], is like a person having built a house on the ground without a foundation, [against] which the stream burst upon, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.”

Scripture taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible: Third Edition.
Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry (www.zeolla.org/christian).
Previously copyrighted © 1999, 2001, 2005 by Gary F. Zeolla.

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