Luke 6:20

Looking at his disciples, Jesus told them,

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

In Context

19Everyone in the crowd tried to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

21“How happy are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. How happy are you who are hungry now, for you will eat all you need. How happy are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:8He helps the poor up from the dust; he raises the lowborn from the trash pile and seats them with the upper class in places of honor. For the foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Psalms 113:7He helps the poor up from the dust; he lifts the needy from the dump.

Proverbs 19:1Better to be poor but honest than stupid and tell lies.

Isaiah 57:15This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.

Zephaniah 3:12I will leave among you those who are meek and humble, those who trust in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 5:2He began teaching 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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