26. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.”
27. “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28. bless those who curse you, pray for the ones who mistreat you.
29. To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from the one who takes your cloak, do not hold back your shirt.
30. Give to every one who asks you; and whoever takes something of yours, make no demands upon him.
31. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33. And if you do good to those who are doing good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do this.
34. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to take, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same.
35. “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.
36. Be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate to you.”
37. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.
38. Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”
39. He also spoke this parable to them: “The blind cannot show the way to the blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?
40. A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
41. “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?
42. How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly the speck in your brother’s eye, to take it out.”
43. “For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree produce good fruit.
44. Each tree comes to be known by its own fruit. For figs are not gleaned out of briars; neither are bunches of grapes gathered from thorn bushes.
45. “Out of the good treasure of his heart the good man brings forth good, and out of evil the evil man brings forth evil. For from the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.”
46. “Why do you call Me ‘Master, Master’ and do not do what I say?