| Blessings and Woes Lk.6.20-26 | NEB Contents | notes | GO TO highlighted passage ↓| 6 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 20 | THEN TURNING TO HIS DISCIPLES he began to speak: 'How blest are you who are poor; the kingdom of God is yours. | Blessings and Woes Lk.6.20-26 (Galilee) | Mt.5.1-12 | Καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐλεγεν, Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί, |
| 21 | 'How blest are you who now go hungry; your hunger shall be satisfied. 'How blest are you who weep now; you shall laugh. | μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες νῦν, ὁτι χορτασθήσεσθε. μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες νῦν, ὁτι γελάσετε. | |
| 22 | 'How blest you are when men hate you, when they outlaw you and insult you, and ban your very name as infamous, because of the Son of Man. | μακάριοί ἐστε ὁταν μισήσωσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὁταν ἀφορίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ ὀνειδίσωσιν καὶ ἐκβάλωσιν τὸ ὀνομα ὑμῶν ὡς πονηρὸν ἑνεκα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· | |
| 23 | On that day be glad and dance for joy; for assuredly you have a rich reward in heaven; in just the same way did their fathers treat the prophets. | χάρητε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ σκιρτήσατε, ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ· κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ ἐποίουν τοῖς προφήταις οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν. | |