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And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
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And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:
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Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
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and Matthew and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
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and Judas [the son] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;
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and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
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and they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
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And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed [them] all.
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And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said,
Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Blessed [are] ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are] ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
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Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.