Luke 6:20-36

The Beatitudes

20 And ¹he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, ²and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for ³yours is the kingdom of God.

21 ⁴"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. ⁵"Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

22 "Blessed are you when ⁶people hate you and when they ⁷exclude you and revile you and ⁸spurn your name as evil, ⁹on account of the Son of Man!

23 ¹⁰Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ¹¹so their fathers did to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

24 ¹²"But woe to you who are rich, ¹³for you ¹⁴have received your consolation.

25 "Woe to you who are full now, for ¹⁵you shall be hungry. "Woe to ¹⁶you who laugh now, ¹⁷for you shall mourn and weep.

26 "Woe to you, ¹⁸when all people speak well of you, for ¹⁹so their fathers did to ²⁰the false prophets.

Love Your Enemies

27 "But I say to you who hear, ²¹Love your enemies, ²²do good to those who hate you,

28 ²³bless those who curse you, ²⁴pray for those who abuse you.

29 ²⁵To one who ²⁶strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic^[a] either.

30 ²⁷Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

31 And ²⁸as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

32 ²⁹"If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

34 And ³⁰if you ³¹lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.

35 But ³²love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ³³you will be sons of ³⁴the Most High, for ³⁵he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

36 ³⁶Be merciful, even as ³⁷your Father is merciful.

Cross References

• 1. John 6:5
• 2. For ver. 20-23, [Matthew 5:3-12]
• 3. [Luke 12:32]
• 4. [Luke 1:53]
• 5. Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 57:18; See Matthew 5:4
• 6. See Matthew 10:22
• 7. [John 9:22; John 12:42; John 16:2]
• 8. Hebrews 11:26; 1 Peter 4:14
• 9. John 15:21
• 10. See Matthew 5:12
• 11. See Matthew 21:35
• 12. Amos 6:1; James 5:1; [Luke 12:21]
• 13. [Luke 16:25]
• 14. Matthew 6:2
• 15. Isaiah 65:13
• 16. Isaiah 65:14; [Proverbs 14:13; James 4:9]
• 17. Isaiah 65:14; [Proverbs 14:13; James 4:9]
• 18. [John 15:19; John 17:14; James 4:4; 1 John 4:5]
• 19. Jeremiah 5:31; [Isaiah 30:10; Micah 2:11]
• 20. See Matthew 7:15
• 21. See Matthew 5:44
• 22. Proverbs 25:21, 22; Romans 12:20, 21
• 23. 1 Peter 3:9
• 24. [See ver. 27 above]
• 25. For ver. 29, 30, see Matthew 5:39-42; [Romans 12:17]
• 26. Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 26:67
• 27. Psalms 37:21; Proverbs 21:26
• 28. Matthew 7:12
• 29. Matthew 5:46
• 30. [Luke 14:12-14; Proverbs 19:17; Matthew 5:42]
• 31. Psalms 37:26
• 32. ver. 27
• 33. Matthew 5:45
• 34. Luke 1:32; See Mark 5:7
• 35. [James 1:5]
• 36. [Matthew 5:7, 48; Ephesians 5:1, 2; James 3:17]
• 37. James 5:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin