Mat 5:3, 11:5, Luk 4:18 | ESV | STEP | Blessed are the poor in spirit , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven .

gCited from Isa. 61:1, 2

h ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]

i Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]

j Ps. 146:7, 8

k[Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]

l Isa. 58:6

Matthew 5:3

3 ^a“Blessed are ^bthe poor in spirit, for ^ctheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 11:5

5 ^dthe blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^fthe poor have good news preached to them.

Luke 4:18

18 ^g“The Spirit of the Lord ^his upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ⁱproclaim good news to the poor.
^jHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^krecovering of sight to the blind,
^lto set at liberty those who are oppressed,