Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
9 q“When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
11 r“You shall not steal; syou shall not deal falsely; tyou shall not lie to one another. 12 uYou shall not swear vby my name falsely, and so wprofane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
13 “You shall not xoppress your neighbor or yrob him. zThe wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning. 14 You shall not curse the deaf or aput a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall bfear your God: I am the Lord.
15 “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be cpartial to the poor or defer to the great, but din righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life1 of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
17 “You shall not ehate your brother in your heart, but you shall freason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. 18 You shall not take gvengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but hyou shall love your neighbor ias yourself: I am the Lord.
26 l“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not minterpret omens or ntell fortunes. 27 You shall not oround off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not pmake any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of qdepravity. 30 rYou shall keep my sSabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
31 “Do not turn to tmediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
32 u“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
33 “When a vstranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 wYou shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall xlove him yas yourself, for zyou were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
35 “You shall do no wrong in judgment, ain measures of length or weight or quantity. 36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:1 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.”
Jesus and Beelzebul
14 rNow he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people smarveled. 15 But some of them said, t“He casts out demons by uBeelzebul, the prince of demons,” 16 while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. 18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if it is by the vfinger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a wstrong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil. 23 xWhoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Return of an Unclean Spirit
24 y“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the zlast state of that person is worse than the first.”
True Blessedness
27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, a“Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who bhear the word of God and keep it!”
The Sign of Jonah
29 cWhen the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. dIt seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For eas Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for fshe came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for gthey repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
The Light in You
33 h“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”
