Matthew 5:5-7

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⁵Great blessings belong to those who are humble.
    They will be given the land God promised.^[a]
⁶Great blessings belong to those who want to do right more than anything else.^[b]
    God will fully satisfy them.
⁷Great blessings belong to those who show mercy to others.
    Mercy will be given to them.

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Footnotes

Matthew 5:5 They will … promised This is the meaning of these words in Ps. 37:11. Here, they probably refer to a spiritual “promised land,” but they can also mean “The earth will belong to them.”
Matthew 5:6 want … more than anything else Literally, “hunger and thirst for righteousness.”