The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have good news preached to them.
Luke 6:20 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then he looked up at his disciples and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. |
The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have good news preached to them.
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.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
In that place there 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 cast out.
When one of the men reclining at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in yoʋr lifetime yoʋ received yoʋr good things, and in the same way Lazarus received bad things, but now he is here being comforted, while yoʋ are in agony.
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free,
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
During a severe trial of affliction, their abundant joy and their deep poverty abounded in a wealth of generosity on their part.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you could become rich.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, and it is happening so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?
I know yoʋr works, yoʋr tribulation, and yoʋr poverty—yet yoʋ are rich! I know the slander of those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.