Luke 6:13-23

13 And when day came, ¹He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ²apostles:

14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

15 and ³Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

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

17 Jesus ⁴came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ⁵a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ⁶Tyre and Sidon,

18 who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

19 And all the people were trying to ⁷touch Him, for ⁸power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "⁹Blessed are you who are poor, for ¹⁰yours is the kingdom of God.

21 "Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

22 "¹¹Blessed are you when men hate you, and ¹²ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

23 "Be glad in that day and ¹³leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ¹⁴in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

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