Luke 6:20

Then he looked up at his disciples and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Text-Critical English NT

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

19The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 5:2Then he opened his mouth and 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 →

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