Luke 6:20 (LSB)

Passage

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Nearby Context

Luke 6:18 who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

Luke 6:19 And all the crowd was trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.

Luke 6:20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:21 Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turning", "gaze", "toward", "disciples", "began", "blessed", "poor", and "yours". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turning" and "gaze", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And all the crowd was trying to..." into verse 21's "Blessed are those who hunger now for...", so "turning" and "gaze" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "turning" and "gaze" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.