Lent 2025

“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes,

or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in

his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.

For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

- Luke 6: 43- 45

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be

condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you.

A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured

into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” He also

told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into

a pit? The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will

be like their teacher.” Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s

eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your

brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see

the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and

then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

- Luke 6: 37 - 42

“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate

you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps

you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not

withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone

takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have

them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even

sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you,

what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from

whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to

sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and

lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be

great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the

ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

- Luke 6: 27 - 36

Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when people hate you,when they exclude you and insult you

and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.

For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.” - Luke 6: 20 - 23

“On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man

was there whose right hand was shrivelled. The Pharisees and the teachers of the

law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if

he would heal on the Sabbath. But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said

to the man with the shrivelled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.”

So he got up and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful

on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” He looked

around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”

He did so, and his hand was completely restored. But they were furious and began

to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.” - Luke 6: 6 - 11

“One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and his disciples began to

pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the

Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his

companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and taking the

consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave

some to his companions.”Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the

Sabbath.” - Luke 6: 1- 5

“They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of

the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.” Jesus answered, “Can you

make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will

come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.

He told them this parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it

on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from

the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If

he does, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out, and the wineskins

will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. And no one

after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

- Luke 5: 33 - 39

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at

his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and

followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large

crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and

the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why

do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It is

not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the

righteous, but sinners to repentance.” - Luke 5: 27 - 32

“One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting

there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and

Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. Some men

came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house

to lay him before Jesus. When they could not find a way to do this because of the

crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into

the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, he

said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’ The Pharisees and the teachers of the law

began thinking to themselves, ‘Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can

forgive sins but God alone?’ Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, ‘Why

are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins

are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son

of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the paralyzed man,

‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.’ Immediately he stood up in front

of them, took what he had been lying on and went home, praising God. Everyone

was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, ‘We

have seen remarkable things today.’” - Luke 5: 17 - 26

“While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with

leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him,

‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out his hand and

touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy

left him. Then Jesus ordered him, ‘Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the

priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a

testimony to them.’ Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of

people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often

withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” - Luke 5:12 - 16