21Blessed are you who hunger now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.
22Blessed are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and heap insults on you and trash your name as ‘malignant’, for the Son of the Man's sake.
23Rejoice in that day and skip about! Because your reward really is great in Heaven; for that is how their fathers treated the prophets.
24“But woe to you who are rich! because you have already received your comfort.
25Woe to you who are full! because you will go hungry. Woe to you who are presently laughing! because you will mourn and weep.
26Woe, when all men speak well of you; for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets!
27“Further, to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you;
28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold the tunic as well.
30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your things, do not demand them back.
31Yes, like you want people to treat you, that is just how you must treat them.