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 6:20–24And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
• Jas 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?
• 2 Cor 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.
• Matt 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:
• Rev 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.
• Matt 5:2–12And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
• Jas 1:9–10Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
• 2 Cor 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• Zeph 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.
• Isa 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
• Jas 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.
• 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,
• 2 Th 1:5Which 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:
• Zech 11:11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
• 1 Th 1:6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
• Luke 13:28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
• Matt 12:49–50And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
• Isa 66:2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• Ps 113:7–8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• John 7:48–49Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
• 1 Sam 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.
• Matt 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Isa 57:15–16For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• 1 Cor 1:26–29For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
• Prov 16:19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Ps 37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
• Luke 14:15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
• Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• 2 Cor 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• Prov 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• Mark 3:34–35And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

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