Luke 6:20 (WEB)
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.
Catechism · 2
The Seventh Commandment
“This love is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, of the poverty of Jesus, and of his concern for the poor.” — Catechism footnote: CA 57; cf. Lk 6:20-22, Mt 8:20; Mk 12:41-44.
The Tenth Commandment
“Jesus celebrates the joy of the poor, to whom the Kingdom already belongs:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 6:20.
Fathers and councils · 35
Augustine of Hippo
“It is He that maketh rich those who are the true poor; and maketh poor those who are falsely rich.” — editor's note: Compare Matt. v. 3, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” and Luke vi. 20, “Blessed be ye poor.”
Read the whole comment“For in the latter the words run thus: “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven;” while in the former they are put thus: “Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 20.
Read the whole comment“Let the proud, therefore, seek after and love the kingdoms of the earth; but “blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Not the intellectually poor (Fritzsche), nor the poor in worldly goods, as we might gather from Luke (vi. 20). Roman-Catholic commentators have found here…
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John Chrysostom
“Of which indeed both Luke gave intimation, when he said, that He directed His words unto them:and Matthew too, clearly declaring the same, wrote, “His disciples came unto Him, and He taught them.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 20. “And He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said.” And ver. 27, “I say unto you which hear.”
Read the whole comment“Wherefore Christ also begins with it, saying, “Blessed are the poor.”” — editor's note: Matt v. 3; Luke vi. 20.
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Jerome
“Christ calls the poor blessed.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 20.
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Tertullian
“But the Lord calls the needy “happy.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 20.
Read the whole comment“But observe how the Scripture relates such a fact: “And He spake a parable unto them.”” — editor's note: See Luke vi. 39; comp. with ver. 20, and other places, especially in this Gospel.
Read the whole comment““Blessed are the needy” (for no less than this is required for interpreting the word in the Greek, “because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”” — editor's note: Luke vi. 20.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.8Book II
“For if it is “the poor,” not the rich, “whose are the kingdoms of the heavens,” the rich will find more in the poor (than she brings him, or than she would in the rich).” — editor's note: Matt. v. 3; but Tertullian has omitted “spiritu,” which he inserts in de Pa., c. xi., where he refers to the same passage. In Luke vi. 20 there is no τῷ…
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Ambrose of Milan
“Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.”” — editor's note: S. Luke vi. 20, 21.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; or rewards the poor in spirit, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 3; cf. Luke vi. 20.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
After the ordination of the Apostles, the Saviour directed His disciples to the newness of the evangelical life.
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But being about to utter His divine oracles, He begins to rise higher; although He stood in a low place, yet as it is said, He lifted up his eyes. What is lifting up the eyes, but to disclose a more hidden light?
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And although He speaks in a general way to all, yet more especially He lifts up His eyes on His disciples; for it follows, on his disciples, that to those who receive the word listening attentively with the heart, He…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Now Luke mentions only four blessings, but Matthew eight; but in those eight are contained these four, and in these four those eight. For the one has embraced as it were the four cardinal virtues, the other has…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
In the Gospel according to St. Matthew it is said, Blessed are the poor in spirit, that we should understand the poor in spirit to be one of a modest and somewhat depressed mind. Hence our Saviour says, Learn from…
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
But not every one oppressed with poverty is blessed, but he who has preferred the commandment of Christ to worldly riches. For many are poor in their possessions, yet most covetous in their disposition; these poverty…
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
But when the celestial kingdom is considered in the many gradations of its blessings, the first step in the scale belongs to those who by divine instinct embrace poverty. Such did He make those who first became His…
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After having commanded them to embrace poverty, He then crowns with honour those things which follow from poverty. It is the lot of those who embrace poverty to be in want of the necessaries of life, and scarcely to…
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That is, blessed are ye who chasten your body and subject it to bondage, who in hunger and thirst give heed to the word, for then shall ye receive the fulness of heavenly joys.
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
But in a deeper sense, as they who partake of bodily food vary their appetites according to the nature of the things to be eaten; so also in the food of the soul, by some indeed that is desired which depends upon the…
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Plainly instructing us, that we ought never to account ourselves sufficiently righteous, but always desire a daily increase in righteousness, to the perfect fulness of which the Psalmist shews us that we can not…
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
For to those who hunger and thirst after righteousness He promises abundance of the things they desire. For none of the pleasures which are sought in this life can satisfy those who pursue them. But the pursuit of…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But poverty is followed not only by a want of those things which bring delight, but also by a dejected look, because of sorrow. Hence it follows, Blessed are ye that weep. He blesses those who weep, not those who…
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But godly sorrow is a great thing, and it worketh repentance to salvation. Hence St. Paul when he had no failings of his own to weep for, mourned for those of others. Such grief is the source of gladness, as it…
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But He promises laughing to those who weep; not indeed the noise of laughter from the mouth, but a gladness pure and unmixed with aught of sorrow.
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He then who on account of the riches of the inheritance of Christ, for the bread of eternal life, for the hope of heavenly joys, desires to suffer weeping, hunger, and poverty, is blessed. But much more blessed is he…
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Great and little are measured by the dignity of the speaker. Let us enquire then who promised the great reward. If indeed a prophet or an apostle, little had been in his estimation great; but now it is the Lord in…
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Again, great has sometimes a positive signification, as the heaven is great, and the earth is great; but sometimes it has relation to something else, as a great ox or great horse, on comparing two things of like…
Read the whole comment - John DamasceneCatena Aurea on Luke
Those things which may be measured or numbered are used definitely, but that which from a certain excellence surpasses all measure and number we call great and much indefinitely; as when we say that great is the…
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
He then fortifies His disciples against the attacks of their adversaries, which they were about to suffer as they preached through the whole world; adding, For in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
For the Jews persecuted the prophets even to death.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
They who speak the truth commonly suffer persecution, yet the ancient prophets did not therefore from fear of persecution turn away from preaching the truth.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
In that He says, Blessed are the poor, thou hast temperance; which abstains from sin, tramples upon the world, seeks not vain delights. In Blessed are they that hunger, thou hast righteousness; for he who hungers…
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Cross-references · 27
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in Catechism §2546.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:20–23 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.1.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.1.
Cited together in Catechism §2546.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.4.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 33.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.
Cited together in Catechism §2444.