Comparison of Beatitudes

Matthew 5:3-12
Luke
 6:20b-26
3Blessed are the poor in spirit, 

     for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.		 1 20bBlessed are you who are poor,

         
for yours is the kingdom of God.		 24But woe to you who
are rich,

            
for you have received your consolation.
4Blessed are those who mourn,

       for they
will be comforted.		 2
5Blessed are the meek,

       for they
will inherit the earth.		 3
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

       for they
will be filled. 		 4 21Blessed are you who are hungry
now,

        for you
will be filled.		 25aWoe to you
who
are full now,

          for you
will be hungry.
7Blessed are the merciful,

      for they will
receive mercy.		 5
  6 bBlessed are you who weep now,

       for you
will laugh.		 25bWoe to you who
are laughing now,

      for you will mourn
and weep.
8Blessed are the pure in heart,

       for they
will see God.		 7
9Blessed are the peacemakers,

       for they
will be called children of God.		 8
10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’
sake,

       
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.		 9
11Blessed are you

when people revile you and persecute
you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
12Rejoice
and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for
in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

 10 22Blessed are you

when people hate you, and when they
exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man, 23Rejoice
in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven;
for
that is what their ances tors did to the prophets.

 26Woe to you

         
when all speak well of you,

        

for that is what their ancestors did to the
false prophets.