Matthew 5:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]Blessed are the clean of heart,(A)
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,[b]
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(B)
Footnotes
- 5:8 Cf. Ps 24:4. Only one “whose heart is clean” can take part in the temple worship. To be with God in the temple is described in Ps 42:3 as “beholding his face,” but here the promise to the clean of heart is that they will see God not in the temple but in the coming kingdom.
- 5:10 Righteousness here, as usually in Matthew, means conduct in conformity with God’s will.
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