Luke 6:20
And, he, lifting up his eyes towards his disciples, was saying:—Happy, ye destitute, for, yours, is the kingdom of God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
21Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.
Psalms 113:7That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;
Proverbs 19:1Better is a poor man, walking in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, and, he, a dullard.
Isaiah 57:15For, thus, saith he that is high and lifted up—Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and To revive the heart of them who are crushed;—
Zephaniah 3:12So will I leave remaining in thy midst, a people oppressed and poor,—who will seek refuge in the name of Yahweh:
Matthew 5:2and, opening his mouth, he began teaching 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 →