Luke 6:17-23 (Venerable Maximus)
| 17 | And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, | 
| 18 | as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. | 
| 19 | And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. | 
| 20 | Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. | 
| 21 | Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh. | 
| 22 | Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake. | 
| 23 | Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets. |