“GOSPEL
TO THE POOR” STUDY
Poor: Grk. ptochos
meaning trembling, laborer, impoverished, humble, oppressed, needy,
weak, one that lacks, afflicted, to be or become low
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Matthew
11:1-6 “The poor have the gospel
preached to them.”
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Matthew
11:25-26 “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and
understanding and revealed them to babes;
ye, Father, for such was thy gracious will”
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Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all who labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
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Matthew 19:21
“If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and come and follow me.
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”Luke 4:18-21
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor”(Isa.61)
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Luke 12:33
“Sell that ye have, and give alms;”
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Luke 14:12-14
“When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends,
nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors;
lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor,
the maimed, the lame, and the blind: And thou shalt be blessed;
for they cannot recompense the: for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.”
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Luke 14:21
“Go quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in
hither the poor, and the maimed, and the
halt , and the blind.”
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Luke 19:8
“And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; behold, Lord, the
half of my goods I give to the poor;”
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Luke 21:3-4
“Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor
widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of
their abundance cast in unto the offerings of god: but she of
her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.”
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John 12:5, 8
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and
given to the poor? For the poor
always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.”
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John 13:29
“For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus
had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against
the feast; or, that he should give something to the
poor.”
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Romans 15:26
“For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a
certain contribution for the poor saints
which are at Jerusalem.”
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II
Corinthians 8:9 “For ye know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he
became poor, that ye through His
poverty might be rich.”
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Galatians
2:10 “Only they would that we should remember the
poor; the same which I also was forward to do.”
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James 2:2, 3,
5, 6 “For if there come unto your assembly a man with
a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a
poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him
that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here
in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand
thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Hearken, my beloved
brethren, Hath not god chosen the poor of
this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them tat love him? But ye have despised the
poor.”
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