John Calvin Commentary Matthew 11:5

"the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them." — Matthew 11:5 (ASV)

The poor receive the message of the Gospel. By the poor are undoubtedly meant those whose condition is wretched and despicable, and who are not esteemed. However lowly any person may be, his poverty is so far from being a reason for despair, that it should rather animate him with courage to seek Christ. But let us remember that none are considered poor except those who truly are, or, in other words, who are humbled and overwhelmed by a conviction of their poverty.