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<a href="../luke/6.htm#20">Luke 6:20-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Blesses are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you. </p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">Salt and Light<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../philippians/2.htm#12">Philippians 2:12-18</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. </p> <p class="hdg">Jesus Fulfills the Law</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. </p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">Anger and Reconciliation<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/12.htm#57">Luke 12:57-59</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing. </p> <a name="27" id="27"></a><p class="hdg">Adultery<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18:1-30</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell. </p> <a name="31" id="31"></a><p class="hdg">Divorce<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/24.htm">Deuteronomy 24:1-5</a>; <a href="../luke/16.htm#18">Luke 16:18-18</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And it hath been said, Whoseoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. </p> <a name="33" id="33"></a><p class="hdg">Vows<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/30.htm">Numbers 30:1-16</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil. </p> <a name="38" id="38"></a><p class="hdg">Love Your Enemies<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../leviticus/24.htm#17">Leviticus 24:17-23</a>; <a href="../luke/6.htm#27">Luke 6:27-36</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Give to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/5-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>