Luke 6:12-20

12Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

13When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

14Simon (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

15Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

16Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

17Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

20Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.