Luke 6:20

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Summary

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 stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Blessed

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to fleshly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit;

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and I know the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.