Luke 6:20
18 They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- KJV
- And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
- WEB
- He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.
- ASV
- And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [are] ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
- DARBY
- And *he*, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- BLB
- And He, having lifted up His eyes to His disciples, was saying: “Blessed [are] the poor, because yours⁺ is the kingdom of God.
- ÅB
- Og han løftet sine øyne på sine disipler og sa: Salige er dere fattige; for Guds rike er deres.
- OTB
- Han vendte seg til disiplene sine og sa:
"Salige er dere som er fattige,
for Guds rike er deres. - B1930
- Og han løftet sine øine på sine disipler og sa: Salige er I fattige; for Guds rike er eders.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextLuke 6:20–24
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Read in contextLuke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Read in contextMatthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Read in contextMatthew 5:2–12
and He began to teach them, saying:
Read in contextJames 1:9–10
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Read in contextRevelation 2:9
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
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