Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: Luke | Page 8

led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?" 005:031 But Jesus replied to them, "It is not men in good health who require a physician, but the sick. 005:032 I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners." 005:033 Again they said to Him, "John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink." 005:034 "Can you compel the bridal party to fast," replied Jesus, "so long as they have the bridegroom among them? 005:035 But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast." 005:036 He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old. 005:037 Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed. 005:038 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 005:039 Nor does any one after drinking old wine wish for new; for he says, `The old is better.'" 006:001 Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain. 006:002 And some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?" 006:003 "Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus--"what David did when he and his followers were hungry; 006:004 how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers--loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?" 006:005 "The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also." 006:006 On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered. 006:007 The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him. 006:008 He knew their thoughts, and said to the man with the withered arm, "Rise, and stand there in the middle." And he rose and stood there. 006:009 Then Jesus said to them, "I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it." 006:010 And looking round upon them all He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He did so, and the arm was restored. 006:011 But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus. 006:012 About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God. 006:013 When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles. 006:014 These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; 006:015 Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot; 006:016 James's relative Judas, and Judas Iscariot who proved to be a traitor. 006:017 With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases; 006:018 and those who were tormented by foul spirits were cured. 006:019 The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one. 006:020 Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours. 006:021 "Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh. 006:022 "Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake. 006:023 "Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets! 006:024 "But alas for you rich men,