Daily Bible Reading

SixthSunday after Epiphany

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 andSidon.¹⁸They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.¹⁹Andall in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

‍²⁰Then 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.
‍²²Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.²³Rejoicein 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.
‍²⁶Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.