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 opening his mouth he began to teach them, saying,

And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Behold my mother and my brothers!

And looking around at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

Blessed

"But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.

He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.

[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.

[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,

Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.

Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.

And [the] meek {have joy after joy} in Yahweh, and [the] needy of [the] people shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.

And my hand has made all these [things], and all these {came to be}," {declares} Yahweh, "but I look to this [one]: to [the] humble and [the] contrite of spirit and [the one] frightened at my word.

And I will leave in your midst a people afflicted and poor, and they shall take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

And it was broken on that day. Then the afflicted of the flock, the [ones who were] watching me, knew that it [was] the word of Yahweh.

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news announced to [them].

{None} of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, [have they]?

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Now let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his high position,

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.