“Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
“Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you will be filled.
“Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
for yours is the kingdom of God.
“Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you will be filled.
“Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude
you, revile you, and defame you; for that is what their ancestors did to the
prophets.
“But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your consolation.
“Woe to you who are full now,
for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who are laughing now,
for you will mourn and weep.
for you have received your consolation.
“Woe to you who are full now,
for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who are laughing now,
for you will mourn and weep.
“Woe to you when all speak well of
you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.
2 comments:
Good post, Chuck. Too bad the Republicans have not read this version of the Beatitudes.
Thanks. I'm not sure it would make any difference. They seem more Ayn Rand than Jesus Christ. They've mistaken a 1st Jewish revolutionary prophet for a 20th century Jewish atheist reactionary.
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