Luke 6:20

Happy people and doomed people

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

Luke 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples
Either the whole company of them, or rather the twelve apostles, whom he saw coming to him, and fixing his eyes on them, he sat,

and said;
what follows, with many other things recorded by Matthew:

blessed be ye poor;
not only in the things of this world, having left all for Christ, but poor in Spirit, as in ( Matthew 5:3 ) , (See Gill on Matthew 5:3):

for yours is the kingdom of God;
or heaven, so in ( Matthew 5:3 ) .

Luke 6:20 In-Context

18 They came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases, and those bothered by unclean spirits were healed.

19 The whole crowd wanted to touch him, because power was going out from him and he was healing everyone.

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

21 Happy are you who hunger now, because you will be satisfied. Happy are you who weep now, because you will laugh.

22 Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and condemn your name as evil because of the Human One.