Luke 6:20
And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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19And the entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power went out from him and healed all.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
Psalms 113:7Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor who walks in his simplicity, than the rich who twists his lips and is unwise.
Isaiah 57:15For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Zephaniah 3:12And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 5:2and opening 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 →