20 And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples and[a] 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.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:20 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“lifted up”) has been translated as a finite verb