Luke 6:20 Douay-Rheims

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

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

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 whose hands are eternal treasures and riches surpassing man’s conception, who has promised great reward.

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A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:20-23

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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