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Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the
poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. |
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Luke 6:20
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed
are you poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God." |
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Matthew 11:4-6
4. And Jesus answered them, "Go
and tell John what you hear and see:
5 the blind receive
their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and
the dead are raised up, and the poor
have good news preached to them.
6. And blessed
is he who takes no offense at me." |
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Luke 7:22-23
22 And he answered them, "Go
and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight,
the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up, the poor
have good news preached to them.
23 And blessed
is he who takes no offense at me." |
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Matthew 19:16-26
16 And behold, one came up to him, saying,
"Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?"
17 And he said to him, "Why
do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would
enter life, keep the commandments." |
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Mark 10:17-27
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt
before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal
life?"
18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call
me good? No one is good but God alone. |
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Luke 18:18-27
18 And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
19 And Jesus said to him, "Why
do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. |
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18 He said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said,"You
shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You
shall not bear false witness.
19 Honor your
father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself." |
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| 19 You know the
commandments: 'Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not
bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" |
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| 20 You know the
commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not
bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'" |
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20 The young man said to him, "All these I
have observed; what do I still lack?"
21 Jesus said to him, "If
you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me."
22 When the young man heard this he went away
sorrowful; for he had great possessions. |
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20 And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from
my youth."
21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You
lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me."
22 At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful;
for he had great possessions. |
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21 And he said, "All these I have observed
from my youth."
22 And when Jesus heard it, he said to him,
"One
thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me."
23 But when he heard this he became sad, for
he was very rich. |
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| 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly,
I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. |
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23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How
hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to
them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the
kingdom of God! |
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| 24 Jesus looking at him said, "How
hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! |
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24 Again I tell
you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for
a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
25 When the disciples heard this they were
greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them,
"With
men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." |
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25 It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter
the kingdom of God."
26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then
who can be saved?"
27 Jesus looked at them and said, "With men
it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." |
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25 For it is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man
to enter the kingdom of God."
26 Those who heard it said, "Then who can
be saved?"
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27 But he said,
"What is impossible with men is possible with God." |
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Matthew 26:6-13
6 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on his head, as he sat at table.
8 But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why
this waste?
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9 For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given
to the poor."
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10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why
do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.
11 For you always
have the poor
with you, but you will not always have me.
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12 In pouring
this ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for burial.
13 Truly, I say
to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has
done will be told in memory of her." |
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Mark 14:3-9
3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as
he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure
nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
4 But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was
the ointment thus wasted?
5 For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred
denarii, and given to the poor." And they
reproached her.
6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you
trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.
7 For you always
have the poor
with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will
not always have me.
8 She has done
what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burying.9
And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world,
what she has done will be told in memory of her." |
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Luke 4:16-21
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he
went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day. And he stood
up to read;
17 and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He
opened the book and found the place where it was written,
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
he has anointed me to preach good news to the
poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to
the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim
the acceptable year of the Lord."
20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and
sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them, "Today this
scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
Luke 14:7-14
7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked
how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
8 "When you are invited by any one to a marriage
feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than
you be invited by him;
9 and he who
invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and
then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 But when you
are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes
he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher'; then you will be honored in
the presence of all who sit at table with you.
11 For every
one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will
be exalted."
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When
you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers
or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return,
and you be repaid.
13 But when you
give a feast, invite the poor,
the maimed, the lame, the blind,
14 and you will
be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection
of the just."
Luke 14:15-24
15 When one of those who sat at table with
him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God!"
16 But he said to him, "A
man once gave a great banquet, and invited many;
17 and at the
time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited,
'Come; for all is now ready.'
18 But they all
alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field,
and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.'
19 And another
said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray
you, have me excused.'
20 And another
said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
21 So the servant
came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said
to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in the poor
and maimed and blind and lame.'
22 And the servant
said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
23 And the master
said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people
to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I tell
you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"
Luke 16:19-31
19 "There was
a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously
every day.
20 And at his
gate lay a poor man
named Laz'arus, full of sores,
21 who desired
to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came
and licked his sores.
22 The
poor man died and was carried by the angels
to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;
23 and in Hades,
being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Laz'arus
in his bosom.
24 And he called
out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Laz'arus to dip the
end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this
flame.'
25 But Abraham
said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things,
and Laz'arus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here,
and you are in anguish.
26 And besides
all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that
those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross
from there to us.'
27 And he said,
'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house,
28 for I have
five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this
place of torment.'
29 But Abraham
said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
30 And he said,
'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will
repent.'
31 He said to
him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be
convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
Luke 19:1-10
1. He entered Jericho and was passing through.
2 And there was a man named Zacchae'us; he
was a chief tax collector, and rich.
3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but
could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a
sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked
up and said to him, "Zacchae'us, make haste
and come down; for I must stay at your house today."
6 So he made haste and came down, and received
him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it they all murmured,
"He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."
8 And Zacchae'us stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the
poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything,
I restore it fourfold."
9 And Jesus said to him, "Today
salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man came to seek and to
save the lost." |
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