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Luke 6:20

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

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

19Everyone in the crowd kept trying to touch him because power to heal was coming out from him, and he healed 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

1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. 1 He lifts the needy from the ash heap 1 to make them sit with princes 1 and inherit the seat of honor. 1 For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's 1 and he has set the world upon them. 1

Psalms 113:7He raises up the poor out of the dirt 1 and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, 1

Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity 1 than one who is perverse in speech and is a fool. 1

Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and elevated One says, who lives eternally, whose name is holy, 1 “I live in the exalted and holy place, with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit, 1 to revive the spirit of the humble ones, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 1

Zephaniah 3:12But I will leave among you a lowly and poor people, 1 and they will find refuge in the name of Yahweh. 1

Matthew 5:2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, 1

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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