Luke 6:12-22

Choosing the Twelve

12 It was at this time that He went off to ¹the mountain to ²pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

13 And when day came, ³He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ⁴apostles:

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

15 and ⁵Matthew 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 ⁶came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ⁷a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ⁸Tyre 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 ⁹touch Him, for ¹⁰power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "¹¹Blessed are you who are poor, for ¹²yours 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 "¹³Blessed are you when men hate you, and ¹⁴ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 5:1
• 2. Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16; Luke 9:18, 28
• 3. Luke 6:13-16: {Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Acts 1:13}
• 4. Mark 6:30
• 5. Matthew 9:9
• 6. Luke 6:12
• 7. Matthew 4:25; Mark 3:7, 8
• 8. Matthew 11:21
• 9. Matthew 9:21; Matthew 14:36; Mark 3:10
• 10. Luke 5:17
• 11. Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23
• 12. Matthew 5:3
• 13. 1 Peter 4:14
• 14. John 9:22; John 16:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "in these days"
• [b]. Or "Jacob," also vv 15 and 16
• [c]. Lit "crowd"
• [d]. Lit "the"
• [e]. Lit "the"