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Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heἐπάραςeparaslifted upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “lifted up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.lifted upτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmouseyesὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “eyes”, the object formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.eyesαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the object formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔλεγενelegenand saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.and saidΜακάριοιmakarioiBlessedμακάριος (makarios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Blessed”, the subject formG3107happy, blessed, to be envied.This verse uses “blessed”.Blessedοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πτωχοίptōchoibe ye poorπτωχός (ptōchos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “be ye poor”, the subject formG4434poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad.This verse uses “poor”.be ye poorὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forὑμετέραhumeterayouὑμέτερος (hyméteros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “you”, the subject formG5212youStrong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).yoursἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαbasileiakingdomβασιλείαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the subject formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.the kingdomτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of God

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor — because yours is the reign of God.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor — because yours is the reign of God.

World English Bible

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “ Blessed are you who are poor , for God ’s Kingdom is yours .

Darby Translation

And he , lifting up his eyes upon his disciples, said, Blessed [are] ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Douay-Rheims

And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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