Luke 6:20

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Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And He, having lifted up His eyes to His disciples, was saying: “Blessed are the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

Latin

Et ipse elevatis oculis in discipulis suis, dicebat: Beati pauperes, quia vestrum est regnum Dei.

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English

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

Notes

Luke 6:20–21

poor … you who hunger: Compare Matthew 5:3, 6. This statement likely refers to both physical and spiritual poverty. Poverty and suffering tend to make us more dependent on God. The Old Testament includes many promises that God will feed and comfort his people (Psalms 22:26; 107:36–41; 126:1–6; Isaiah 49:10–13; 51:3; 65:13).

Luke 6:20–23

God blesses those who admit their weaknesses and seek strength from God. The value system of God’s kingdom is radically different from the world’s value system, in which power and strength represent success.

Luke 6:17–49

The main theme of the great sermon of Jesus is that those who repent and enter the kingdom of God will live in a truly righteous way.

Theme notes and profiles

Concern for the Poor Rich and Poor in the Gospel of Luke The Blessings of Jesus The Coming of God’s Kingdom

Events

Sermon on the Mountc. AD 28

Related verses

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?
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Luke 6:20–24
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Matthew 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.
Matthew 5:2–12
…and He began to teach them, saying:
James 1:9–10
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Revelation 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.
2 Corinthians 6:10
…sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Isaiah 29:19
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Zephaniah 3:12
But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

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