Luke 6:20 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁰ And He, lifting up His eyes toward His taught ones, said, “Blessed are the poor, because yours is the reign of Elohim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples, He said: Blessed (happy–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition–and to be envied) are you poor and lowly and afflicted (destitute of wealth, influence, position, and honor), for the kingdom of God is yours!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Jesus raised his eyes to his disciples and said: “Happy are you who are poor, because God’s kingdom is yours.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:20 Cross References

Psalm 37:16

Tet Better is the little of the righteous one, Than the riches of many wrongdoers.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor walking in his integrity Than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.

Isaiah 29:19

And the meek ones shall increase their joy in יהוה, and the poor among men rejoice in the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.

Isaiah 66:2

“And all these My hand has made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word.

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I shall leave in your midst an oppressed and poor people, and they shall trust in the Name of יהוה.

Zechariah 11:11

So it was broken on that day. And the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of יהוה.

Matthew 11:5

“Blind receive sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised up and poor are brought the Good News.

Matthew 25:34

Then the Sovereign shall say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the reign prepared for you from the foundation of the world - ”

Matthew 5:1

But when He saw the crowds, He went up on a mountain. And when He was seated His taught ones came to Him.

Luke 12:32

“Do not fear, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign.

Luke 13:28

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Aḇraham and Yitsḥaq and Ya‛aqoḇ and all the prophets in the reign of Elohim, and yourselves thrown outside.

Luke 14:15

And when one of those who sat at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who eats bread in the reign of Elohim!”

Luke 16:25

“But Aḇraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good, and likewise El‛azar the evil, but now he is comforted and you are suffering.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of יהוה is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring the Good News to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away crushed ones with a release,

Acts 14:22

strengthening the beings of the taught ones, encouraging them to continue in the belief, and that through many pressures we have to enter the reign of Elohim.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sad, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having none, and yet possessing all.

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in much trial of pressure the overflowing of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the riches of their generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the favour of our Master יהושע Messiah, that being rich, He became poor for your sake, so that you might become rich through His poverty.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Master, having received the word in much pressure, with joy of the Set-apart Spirit,

2 Thessalonians 1:5

clear evidence of the righteous judgment of Elohim, in order for you to be counted worthy of the reign of Elohim, for which you also suffer,

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who does endure trial, for when he has been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Master has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 2:9

“I know your works, and pressure, and poverty – yet you are rich – and the blasphemy of those who say they are Yehuḏim and are not, but are a congregation of Satan.

1 Samuel 2:8

“He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the dunghill, to sit with princes, and make them inherit a throne of esteem. For the supports of the earth belong to יהוה, and He has set the world upon them.