Matthew 5:3

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Summary

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed

General references

Matthew 23:12

Mark 7:29

Bible References

Blessed

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

And happy is the man who finds no cause for stumbling over me."

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me, Thomas, that you believe? Blessed be those who believe, even though they have not seen me!"

So David, too, describes the happiness of the man to whom God credits right standing with Himself, without the things he does having anything to do with it:

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have a right to the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.

General references

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter."