Luke 6:20

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Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

He lifted

Matthew 5:2

Matthew 12:49

Mark 3:34

Blessed

Bible References

He lifted

and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

And he stretched forth his hand over his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren.

And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass about him, and said, "Behold, my mother, and my brethren:

Blessed

But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation.

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.

A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire,

Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, than to divide the spoils with the proud.

Better is the poor that liveth godly, than the blasphemer that is but a fool.

The meek-spirited shall hold a merry feast in the LORD, and the poor among them that be lowly shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

In thee also will I leave a small, poor, simple people: which shall trust in the name of the LORD.

And so it was broken in that day. Then the poor simple sheep that had a respect unto me, knew thereby that it was the word of the LORD.

The blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are risen again, and the glad tidings is preached to the poor.

Doth any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believe on him?

Brethren, look on your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many of high degree are called:

as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

how that the abundance of their rejoicing is, that they are tried with much tribulation. And thereto, though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord: and received the word in much affliction, with joy of the holy ghost:

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jews and are not, but are the congregation of Satan.