20 And solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples, He said: Blessed (happy-- 1 with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and 2 to be envied) are you poor and 3 lowly and afflicted (destitute of wealth, influence, position, and honor), for the kingdom of God is yours!
21 Blessed (happy-- 4 with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and 4 with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and 5 to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh!
22 Blessed (happy-- 8 with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and 9 to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) you, and when they exclude and excommunicate you [as disreputable] and revile and denounce you and defame and cast out and spurn your name as evil (wicked) on account of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice and be glad at such a time and exult and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is rich and great and strong and intense and abundant in heaven; for even so their forefathers treated the prophets.