Luke 6:12-28

New American Standard Bible

Choosing the Twelve

¹² Now it was ^[a]at this time that He went off to ^(A)the mountain to ^(B)pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God. ¹³ And when day came, ^(C)He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ^(D)apostles: ¹⁴ Simon, whom He also named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and ^[b]James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵ and ^(E)Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; ¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹⁷ And then Jesus ^(F)came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ^(G)a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the coastal region of ^(H)Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸ who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were being cured. ¹⁹ And all the ^[c]people were trying to ^(I)touch Him, because ^(J)power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰ And He raised His eyes toward His disciples and began saying, “^(K)Blessed are ^[d]you who are poor, for ^(L)yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹ Blessed are ^[e]you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are ^[f]you who weep now, for you will laugh. ^22 (M)Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they ^[g](N)exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man. ²³ Rejoice on that day and ^(O)jump for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers used to ^[h]treat the prophets ^(P)the same way. ²⁴ But woe to ^(Q)you who are rich, for ^(R)you are receiving your comfort in full. ²⁵ Woe to you who ^[i]are well-fed now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. ²⁶ Woe to you when all the people speak well of you; for their fathers used to ^[j]treat the ^(S)false prophets the same way.

²⁷ “But I say to you who hear, ^(T)love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, ^(U)pray for those who are abusive to you.