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Matthew 5:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 5:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]Blessed are they who mourn,(A)
for they will be comforted.
5 [b]Blessed are the meek,(B)
for they will inherit the land.
6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,[c]
for they will be satisfied.
Footnotes
- 5:4 Cf. Is 61:2, “(The Lord has sent me)…to comfort all who mourn.” They will be comforted: here the passive is a “theological passive” equivalent to the active “God will comfort them”; so also in Mt 5:6, 7.
- 5:5 Cf. Ps 37:11, “…the meek shall possess the land.” In the psalm “the land” means the land of Palestine; here it means the kingdom.
- 5:6 For righteousness: a Matthean addition. For the meaning of righteousness here, see note on Mt 3:14–15.
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