Luke 6:20
And he lyft vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayde: Blessed be ye poore, for yours is the kyngdome of God.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
19And all the people preassed to touche hym: for there went vertue out of hym, and healed them all.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart.
Zephaniah 3:12In thee also will I leaue a smal poore simple people, whiche shall trust in the name of the Lorde.
Matthew 5:2And he opened his mouth, & 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 →