Matthew 4:23-5:3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus Ministers to Crowds of People
23 Jesus[a] went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news[b] of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.(A) 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, people possessed by demons or having epilepsy or afflicted with paralysis, and he cured them.(B) 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.(C)
The Beatitudes
5 When Jesus[c] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.(D) 2 And he began to speak and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(E)
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