Luke 6:20

And He lifting up His eyes to His disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor: because the kingdom of God is yours.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

19And the whole multitude sought to touch Him: because power was going out from Him, and was healing all.

21Blessed are ye who hunger now: because ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye who weep now: because ye shall laugh.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:2And having opened His mouth He 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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