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NASB | Luke 6:20 ¶ And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 6:20 ¶ And looking toward His disciples, He began speaking: "Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are you who are poor [in spirit, those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for the kingdom of God is yours [both now and forever]. [Matt 5:3-12] |
Bible Question: What does Mathew 5:3 and Luke 6:20 means? |
Bible Answer: Dcmartin I was looking backthrough your other questions on these passages to try to see what exactly you were asking. I see now that you were asking three different questions. I apologize for labeling one of then as a duplicate, as it was not. So now you want to know what each of the two verses in question mean standing alone, rather than what poor in spirit means, or why Luke leaves out the word spirit. I believe based on the surrounding verses in Mathew that Mathew is saying in your first verse that; those whose spirit's are sorrowfull, are sad, who are downcast in spirit, who are suffering spiritualy - these have been promised the kingdom of heaven, salvation is theirs, the will go to heaven. But all this is based on verse 11, that these poor in spirit are with Jesus, believe in Jesus, are persecuted for Jesus. I believe that based on the surrounding verses in Luke that; it means those who are poor in this world, those who have not, those who do without, those who live in poverty - these all have the kingdom of God, have salvation, will go to heaven. But this promise is granted to them because of verse 27, those who hear, who have the word of God in them, those who are saved, and based on verse 28 these same are persectuted for believing in Jesus. The way Mathew describes the suffering believer is saying that the believer has a spiritual state and that because of that will be blessed. The way Luke describes the suffering believer is saying that the believer has a state of poverty in this world and that the believer will recieve a different state of being - one in heaven. The broad idea of Mathew is that the Kingdom of the Son of God has come. The smaller idea in just that portioin of that chapter of Mathew is that the righteousness of the believer will be rewarded in the face of persecution. The broad ideas of Luke are that Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus has compassion on all the outcast groups; the ill, the women, the poor, the Samaritans, the sinners, the tax collectors and so on, and that Jesus is the savior. The smaller idea of that portion of Luke you are intereseted in is Jesus has compassion on the outcasts and the righteousness of those who believe. Luke 6:31 Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. blessings abound, bowler |
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