Mat 5:3, Luk 4:18, Jam 1:9-10, 2:5 | ESV | STEP | Blessed are the poor in spirit , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven .

aFor ver. 3-12, [Luke 6:20-23]

b[Isa. 61:1; 66:2]

c[Luke 12:32]

dCited from Isa. 61:1, 2

e ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]

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

g Ps. 146:7, 8

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

i Isa. 58:6

j Jer. 9:23

k[Ps. 102:4, 11; 1 Cor. 7:31; 1 Pet. 1:24]

m 1 Cor. 1:27, 28; [Job 34:19]

n 2 Cor. 8:9; Rev. 2:9; See Luke 12:21

o Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20; 12:32

pSee ch. 1:12

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 4:18

18 ^d“The Spirit of the Lord ^eis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^fproclaim good news to the poor.
^gHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^hrecovering of sight to the blind,
ⁱto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

James 1:9-10

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and ^jthe rich in his humiliation, because ^klike a flower of the grass ^{▼▼Or a wild flower} he will pass away.

James 2:5

5 Listen, my beloved brothers, ^mhas not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be ⁿrich in faith and heirs of ^othe kingdom, ^pwhich he has promised to those who love him?