Luke 6:20-23·~1 min
The Beatitudes
Jesus turns to his disciples and names blessedness for the hungry, the grieving, and the rejected, then calls them to rejoice because of heavenly reward.
L20ooking up at His disciples, Jesus said: 21Blessed are you who hunger now, 22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. 23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
Section summaryLooking at his disciples, Jesus speaks blessing over hunger, sorrow, and rejection for the Son of Man’s sake. He promises reward in heaven and places the present suffering of the prophets’ heirs within the same pattern.
Role in the chapterThis movement names the present shape of blessedness among the disciples who now hear Jesus.