²⁰ And solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples, He said: Blessed (happy—^[a]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and ^[b]to be envied) are you poor and ^[c]lowly and afflicted (destitute of wealth, influence, position, and honor), for the kingdom of God is yours!

²¹ Blessed (happy—^[d]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and ^[e]to be envied) are you who hunger and seek with eager desire now, for you shall be filled and completely satisfied! Blessed (happy—^[f]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and ^[g]to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh!

²² Blessed (happy—^[h]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and ^[i]to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) you, and when they exclude and excommunicate you [as disreputable] and revile and denounce you and defame and cast out and spurn your name as evil (wicked) on account of the Son of Man.