“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!