Luke 6:17-26

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Blessings and Woes^(A)

¹⁷He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,^(B) ¹⁸who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, ¹⁹and the people all tried to touch him,^(C) because power was coming from him and healing them all.^(D)

²⁰Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
    for yours is the kingdom of God.^(E)
²¹Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.^(F)
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.^(G)
²²Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you^(H) and insult you^(I)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.^(J)

²³“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,^(K) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.^(L)

²⁴“But woe to you who are rich,^(M)
    for you have already received your comfort.^(N)
²⁵Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.^(O)
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.^(P)
²⁶Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
    for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.^(Q)

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Psalm 1

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BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

¹Blessed is the one^(A)
    who does not walk^(B) in step with the wicked^(C)
or stand in the way^(D) that sinners take^(E)
    or sit^(F) in the company of mockers,^(G)
²but whose delight^(H) is in the law of the Lord,^(I)
    and who meditates^(J) on his law day and night.
³That person is like a tree^(K) planted by streams^(L) of water,^(M)
    which yields its fruit^(N) in season
and whose leaf^(O) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.^(P)

⁴Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(Q)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand^(R) in the judgment,^(S)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(T) of the righteous.