Luke 6:12-26
12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. 13And when day came, he called
his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: 14Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and
James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the
Zealot, 16and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. 17He 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. 18They had come
to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19And all in the crowd were
trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.
20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: 'Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21'Blessed are you who
are hungry now, for you will be filled. 'Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22'Blessed are you when people hate you, and
when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. 23Rejoice 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 woe to you who are rich, for you have received your
consolation. 25'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'Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.