Luke 6:20
And *he*, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power went out from him and healed all.
21Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set [him] among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy [place], and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Zephaniah 3:12And I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of Jehovah.
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 →