Luke 6:20
And having lifted up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Blessed are the poor, because the kingdom of God is what belongs to you.
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In Context
19And all the multitude sought to touch him, because power came forth from him, and healed them all.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Psalms 113:7He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,
Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of LORD.
Matthew 5:2And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:13-20
The Twelve Apostles Chosen. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the… Read the whole commentary →