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 having opened His mouth He taught them, saying;

And reaching forth His hand to His disciples, He said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

And looking round on His disciples sitting about Him in a circle, He says, Behold my mother and my brothers!

Blessed

Moreover woe unto you rich! because you exhaust your reward.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,

But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

The blind are looking up, and the lame are walking about, the lepers are being cleansed, and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised, and the poor are having the gospel preached unto them:

Whether has any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him?

For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:

as sorrowing, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

because in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost;

But let the humble brother boast in his exaltation:

Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?

I know your tribulations, and your poverty, but you are rich; and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.