LUKE 6:17-23
At that time, Jesus stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came forth from him and healed them all.And he lifted up his eyes on His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven.”
This is the short version of the Sermon on the Mount. The longer version is in Matt 5. See Is Kingdom of Heaven/Kingdom of God the Church? for exposition on the passages.
The disciples of Jesus would be thrown out of the synagogue. This happened even in the time of the ministry of Jesus:
John 9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
As Christians we should expect opposition.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
And this:
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
This is distinguished from suffering due to our own sins.
1 Peter 4:15-16 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
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