Matthew 5:6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶Great blessings belong to those who want to do right more than anything else.^[a]
God will fully satisfy them.

Matthew 5:6 want … more than anything else Literally, “hunger and thirst for righteousness.”

Matthew 5:6

The Message

⁶“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.

⁶God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice,^[a]
for they will be satisfied.

⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.^(A)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

The Message (MSG)

New Living Translation (NLT)

New International Version (NIV)