MODERN LITERAL VERSION

6:1 Now it happened on a second Sabbath after the first, that he was traveling through the grainfields, and his disciples plucked the tops, rubbing them in their hands and were eating them.
6:2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, Why are you* doing what is not legal to do on the Sabbaths?

6:3 And Jesus answering them said, Have you* not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?
6:4 How he entered into the house of God and took and ate the showbread and also gave it to those who were with him; which it is not legal to eat, unlawful except for the priests only? {1Sam. 21:6}
6:5 And he said to them, The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
{Mk 3:1-6 & Mt 12:9-14 & Lk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee.}

6:6 And it happened on another Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught and a man was there and his right hand was dried up.
6:7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were observing him, if he will heal him on the Sabbath; that* they might find an accusation against him.
6:8 But he knew their reasonings, and he said to the man having a dried up hand, Arise and stand; you in the middle. And rising* up, he stood there.
6:9 And Jesus said to them, I ask you*, is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save a life or to destroy it?
6:10 And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out your hand. And he did and his hand was restored like the other.
6:11 But they were filled with madness, and talked with one another as to what they might do to Jesus.
{Mk 3:13-19a & Lk 6:12-16 Near Capernaum.}

6:12 And it happened in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he was persisting through the night in prayer to God.
6:13 And when it became day, he summons his disciples, and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:
6:14 Simon, whom he also named Peter and Andrew his brother and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew,
6:15 and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Simon who was called the Zealot,
6:16 and {F} Judas the son of James and Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer.
{Mt 5:1 & Lk 6:17-20.}

6:17 And he came down with them and stood upon the plain and with a crowd of his disciples and a large crowd 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;
6:18 and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
6:19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, because power came forth from him and healed them all.
{Mt 5:2-12 & Lk 6:20-26.}

6:20 And he lifted up his eyes toward his disciples and said: You* the poor are fortunate, because yours* is the kingdom of God.
6:21 You* who hunger now are fortunate, because you* will be fed. You* who are weeping now are fortunate, because you* will laugh.
6:22 You* are fortunate, whenever men hate you* and whenever they separate* you* from themselves and may reproach you* and may cast out your* name like evil, because of the Son of Man.
6:23 Rejoice in that day and jump for joy, for* behold your* reward is much in heaven; for* their fathers did to the prophets according to the same things.

6:24 However woe to you* who are rich, because you* are having your* consolation!
6:25 Woe to you*, who have been filled now, because you* will hunger! Woe to you* who laugh now, because you* will mourn and weep!
6:26 Woe to you *, whenever men speak well of you*, for* their fathers did to the false prophets according to the same things!
{Mt 5:17-48 & Lk 6:27-36.}

6:27 But I say to you* who hear, Love* your* enemies, do good to those who hate you*,
6:28 speak well of those who curse you*, pray on behalf of those who are railing at you*.
6:29 Hold near to him who beats you upon the one jaw, the other also, and from him who takes away your garment do not forbid him your tunic also.
6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and from him who takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back.
{Mt 7:12 & Lk 6:31.}

6:31 And just-as you* wish that* men may do to you*, you* also, do likewise to them.
6:32 And if you* love* those who love* you*, what gratitude do you* have? For* even sinners love* those who love* them.
6:33 And if you* do good to those who are doing good to you*, what gratitude do you* have? For* even sinners are doing the same.
6:34 And if you* lend to those of whom you* are hoping to receive, what gratitude do you* have? For* even sinners are lending to sinners, that* they might receive equally.
6:35 However love* your* enemies and do kind things for them and lend, hoping for nothing again. And your* reward will be much and you* will be sons of the Highest, because he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
6:36 Therefore, become compassionate as your* Father is also compassionate.
{Mt 7:1-6 & Lk 6:37-42.}

6:37 And do not judge and you* may never* be judged; do not sentence others and you* may never* be sentenced; release and you* will be released.
6:38 Give and it will be given to you*, good measure, packed-down and shaken together and pouring over, they will give into your* bosom. For* with the same measure you* measure, it will be measured to you* again.

6:39 And he also spoke a parable to them: Can the blind guide the blind? Will they not both fall into a ditch?
6:40 The disciple is not over his teacher, but every one when he is perfected will be like his teacher.
6:41 And why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
6:42 Or how are you able to say to your brother, Brother, Allow me, that I may cast out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out the beam first out of your own eye and then you will see precisely to cast out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
{Mt 7:13-23 & Lk 6:43-45.}

6:43 For* there is not a good tree producing rotten fruit; nor is there a rotten tree producing good fruit.
6:44 For* each tree is known from its own fruit. For* men do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bush.
6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth what is evil; for* his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.
{Mt 7:24-29 & Lk 6:46-49.}

6:46 And why are you* calling me, Lord, Lord and yet do not practice the things which I say?
6:47 Every one who comes to me and hears my words and is doing them, I will show you* to whom he is similar.
6:48 He is similar to a man building a house, who dug and went deep and placed its foundation upon the rock and when a deluge happened, the river bursts against the house and was not strong-enough to shake it; for* it had been founded upon the rock.
6:49 But he who heard and did not, is similar to a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation; which the river bursts against and immediately it fell, and the breakup of that house became great.
{Footnotes: Lk 6:16- OR brother. See Jude 1.}
{Mt 8:1, 5-13 & Lk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}