Luke 6:20

Luke 6:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
• New International Version (NIV)Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.

Context of Luke 6:20

18They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those tormented by unclean spirits were made well. 19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. Then looking up at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours. 21Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh. 22Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Luke 6:20 word by word

Καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν· μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί, ὅτι ὑμετέρα ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• lifted upἐπαίρωepairō · to lift upG1869
• eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• onεἰςeis · towardG1519
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• poorπτωχόςptōchos · poorG4434
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• yoursὑμέτεροςhumeteros · yourG5212
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Luke 6:20

• Matthew 5:2Then he began to teach them, saying:
• Matthew 12:49Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
• Mark 3:34Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
• Luke 6:24But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort.
• Luke 4:18The 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 release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
• Luke 16:25“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.
• Psalms 37:16The little that the righteous person has is better than the abundance of many wicked people.
• Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the trash heap
• Proverbs 16:19Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.
• Proverbs 19:1Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.
• Isaiah 29:19The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 57:15For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
• Isaiah 66:2My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Zephaniah 3:12I will leave a meek and humble people among you, and they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.
• Zechariah 11:11It was annulled on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Commentaries on Luke 6:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Blessed be ye poor - See the sermon on the mount paraphrased and explained, Matthew 5 (note), Matthew 6 (note), Matthew 7 (note),Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Mt 5; 7. But some think that this was preached at another time and place. All believers that take the precepts of the gospel to themselves, and live by them, may take the promises of the gospel to themselves, and live upon them. Woes are denounced against prosperous sinners as miserable people, though the world envies them. Those are blessed indeed whom Christ blesses, but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21poor … you who hunger: Compare Matthew 5:3, 6. This statement likely refers to both physical and spiritual poverty. Poverty and suffering tend to make us more dependent on God. The Old Testament includes many promises that God will feed and comfort his people (Psalms 22:26; 107:36–41; 126:1–6; Isaiah 49:10–13; 51:3; 65:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2120-21. In the Sermon on the Mount the benediction is pronounced upon the "poor in spirit" and those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" (Mt 5:3, 6). Here it is simply on the "poor" and the "hungry now." In this form of the discourse, then, our Lord seems to have had in view "the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love Him," as these very beatitudes are paraphrased by James (Jas 2:5).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings