Luke 6:20 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

And he, lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom ofGod.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
James 2:5
Hearken, 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 4:18
The 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,
Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:20–24
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on that day, and that was plucking the ears of corn, when they were hungry on that day. This story here has a date, which we had not in the other evangelists; it was on the second sabbath after the first (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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