Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: Blessed are you that are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

In Context

19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for power went forth from him, and healed them all.

21Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:2and he opened his mouth and 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 →

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