Luke 6:12–20

Choosing the Twelve

¹²It was ¹at this time that He went off to ^athe mountain to ^bpray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

¹³And when day came, ^aHe called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ^bapostles:

¹⁴Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and ¹James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

¹⁵and ^aMatthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

¹⁶Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹⁷Jesus ^acame down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ^ba large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ^cTyre and Sidon,

¹⁸who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

¹⁹And all the ¹people were trying to ^atouch Him, for ^bpower was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “^aBlessed are ¹you who are poor, for ^byours is the kingdom of God.