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He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?