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17 Jesus came down from the mountain with them and stood on a large area of level ground. A great company of his disciples and a huge crowd of people from all around Judea and Jerusalem and the area around Tyre and Sidon joined him there.
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He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
18 They came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases, and those bothered by unclean spirits were healed.
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They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
19 The whole crowd wanted to touch him, because power was going out from him and he was healing everyone.
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And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.
20 Jesus raised his eyes to his disciples and said: “Happy are you who are poor, because God's kingdom is yours.
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Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Happy are you who hunger now, because you will be satisfied. Happy are you who weep now, because you will laugh.
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"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
22 Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and condemn your name as evil because of the Human One.
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"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
23 Rejoice when that happens! Leap for joy because you have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.
24 But how terrible for you who are rich, because you have already received your comfort.
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"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 How terrible for you who have plenty now, because you will be hungry. How terrible for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.
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"Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.
26 How terrible for you when all speak well of you. Their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.
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"Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
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