Luke 6:17-23 (Matins Gospel)
- 17
- And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases,
- 18
- as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed.
- 19
- And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.
- 20
- Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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- Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
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- Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
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- Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, for in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.