Luke 6:20
And hee lifted vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayd, Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went vertue out of him, and healed them all.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth vp ye poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the world vpon them.
Psalms 113:7He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, and is a foole.
Isaiah 57:15For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
Zephaniah 3:12Then will I leaue in the middes of thee an humble and poore people: and they shall trust in the Name of the Lord.
Matthew 5:2And 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 →