Luke 6:11-21

11 But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Selection of the Twelve Apostles

12 Now it happened that in these days he went away to the mountain to pray, and was spending the whole night in prayer to God.

13 And when day came, he summoned his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:

14 Simon (whom he also named Peter) and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,

16 and Judas [the son] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

The Sermon on the Plain: The Beatitudes

17 And he came down with them [and] stood on a level place, and a large crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon,

18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.

19 And the whole crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was going out from him and healing [them] all.

20 And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

21 Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.