Luke 6:20

Jesus blesses the poor, to whom the Kingdom belongs. He pronounces God's favor on those who depend on him rather than on wealth.

Cross-references · 34

• Luke 6:20–24Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Jas 2:5Listen, 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 Cor 8:9For 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.
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Matt 25:34Then 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.
• Rev 2:9I 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.
• Matt 5:2–12and He began to teach them, saying:
• Jas 1:9–10The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Zeph 3:12But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
• Isa 29:19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• 2 Th 1:5All 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.
• Zech 11:11It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• 1 Th 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
• Matt 12:49–50Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.
• Isa 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Ps 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
• John 7:48–49“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
• 1 Sam 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
• Matt 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
• Isa 57:15–16For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• 1 Cor 1:26–29Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
• Prov 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Ps 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
• Luke 14:15When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• 2 Cor 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
• Prov 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
• Mark 3:34–35Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

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