Matthew 5:7

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Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

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And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.

Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.