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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2 Corinthians 4:17-18

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¹⁷For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.^(A) ¹⁸So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,^(B) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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Matthew 13:22

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²²The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth^(A) choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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Matthew 13:22 in all English translations

Psalm 63:1

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Psalm 63^[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

¹You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,^(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.^(B)

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Footnotes

Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

Psalm 63:1 in all English translations

Revelation 3:14-22

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To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in Laodicea^(A) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,^(B) the ruler of God’s creation.^(C) ¹⁵I know your deeds,^(D) that you are neither cold nor hot.^(E) I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’^(F) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.^(G) ¹⁸I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,^(H) so you can become rich; and white clothes^(I) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;^(J) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

¹⁹Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.^(K) So be earnest and repent.^(L) ²⁰Here I am! I stand at the door^(M) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,^(N) I will come in^(O) and eat with that person, and they with me.

²¹To the one who is victorious,^(P) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,^(Q) just as I was victorious^(R) and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²²Whoever has ears, let them hear^(S) what the Spirit says to the churches.”