Luke 6:20 Cross References - Moffatt

²⁰ Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

² and he opened his lips and began to teach them. He said: ³ "Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs. ⁴ Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled. ⁵ Blessed are the humble! they will inherit the earth. ⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied. ⁷ Blessed are the merciful! they will find mercy. ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God. ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers! they will be ranked sons of God. ¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs. ¹¹ Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake; ¹² rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

⁵ the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead are raised.

⁴⁹ Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁴ And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers! ³⁵ Whoever does the will of God, that is my brother and sister and mother."

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

²⁰ Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours. ²¹ Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh. ²² Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man; ²³ rejoice on that day and leap for joy! rich is your reward in heaven for their fathers did the very same to the prophets. ²⁴ But woe to you rich folk! you get all the comforts you will ever get.

³² Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

²⁸ There you will wail and gnash your teeth, to see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets inside the Realm of God and yourselves put outside.

¹⁵ Hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed is he who feasts in the Realm of God!"

²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law — it is accursed!"

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

²⁶ Why, look at your own ranks, my brothers; not many wise men (that is, judged by human standards), not many leading men, not many of good birth, have been called! ²⁷ No, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame what is strong; ²⁸ God has chosen what is mean and despised in the world — things which are not, to put down things that are; ²⁹ that no person may boast in the sight of God.

²¹ So you must not boast about men. For all belongs to you; ²² Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present and the future — all belongs to you; ²³ and you belong to Christ, and Christ to God.

¹⁰ grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.

² Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;

⁹ (You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

⁶ and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.

⁵ They are proof positive of God's equity; you are suffering for the realm of God, and he means to make you worthy of it —

⁹ Let a brother of low position exult when he is raised; ¹⁰ but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass —

¹² Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

⁹ I know your distress and your poverty (but you are rich!): I know how you are being slandered by those who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but a mere synagogue of Satan!).