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 toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

And he looked round about on them who sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

Blessed

But woe unto you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the rubbish, 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.

A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

For 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.

For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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

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

For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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

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

And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit:

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

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

I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.