Luke 6:20

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KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

WEB World English Bible

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: ‘Happy the poor—because yours is the reign of God.

Surrounding context — Luke 6

17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed [them] all.

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

21 Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

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James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?Luke 6:20-24And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye] poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Matthew 5:2-12And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,Revelation 2:9I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.James 1:9-10Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Zephaniah 3:12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.1 Corinthians 3:21-23Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;James 1:12Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.2 Thessalonians 1:5[Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath 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,Proverbs 16:19Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, 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 hath set the world upon them.

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