Text: Luke 6:35-49 NKJ

"But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and yourreward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind tothe unthankful and evil. 36"Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. 37 "Judge not, and you shall not bejudged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will beforgiven. 38 "Give, and it will begiven to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running overwill be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will bemeasured back to you." 39 And Hespoke a parable to them: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not bothfall into the ditch? 40 "A discipleis not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be likehis teacher. 41 "And why do youlook at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the plank in yourown eye? 42 "Or how can you say toyour brother,`Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when youyourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove theplank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck thatis in your brother's eye. 43 "For agood tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 "For every tree is known by its ownfruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from abramble bush. 45 "A good man out ofthe good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of theevil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of theheart his mouth speaks. 46 "But whydo you call Me`Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say? 47 "Whoever comes to Me, and hears Mysayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 "He is like a man building a house,who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, thestream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it wasfounded on the rock. 49 "But he whoheard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without afoundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell.And the ruin of that house was great.""