Luke 6:20
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be all of you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
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In Context
19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.
Psalms 113:7He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill;
Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Zephaniah 3:12I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor 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 →