NARRATOR: Jesus spoke to his disciples.
JESUS 1: To you who hear me, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you and pray for those who insult you.
JESUS 2: When people slap you on one cheek, turn and give them your other cheek. When people want your coat, give them your shirt, too. When someone takes what is yours, do not ask for it back.
JESUS 3: Do to others what you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what thanks should you get? Even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks should you get? Sinners do the same.
JESUS 4: If you lend to those whom you expect to repay you, what thanks is there to you? Sinners lend to sinners, because they will be repaid.
JESUS 1: Love your enemy and do good; lend without expecting anything in return. Then will your reward be great. You will be children of the Most High because God is kind to the ungrateful and evil.
JESUS 2: Be compassionate, as your Father is compassionate. Do not judge, and you will not be judged.
JESUS 3: Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Pardon, and you shall be pardoned. Give, and it shall be given to you.
JESUS 4: Good measure pressed down, shaken together, running over will they give to you. For the measure you measure with will be measured back to you.
Luke 6.28-38