Luke 6:20

Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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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 everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.

21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:7He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,

Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave in your midst a people humble and poor, and the remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 5:2and he began to teach 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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