Matthew 5:10 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

KJV

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ASV

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

WEB

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

YLT

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

DBT

Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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46 verses on the floor

James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
1 Peter 3:13–14
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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14 ); for all other learning is insipid without that. An everlasting covenant is called a covenant of salt ( Num. xviii. 19 ); and the gospel is an everlasting gospel.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He prescribes duty as the way, and gives us standing rules of that duty. He directs his disciples, 1. To understand what they are--the salt of the earth, and the lights of the world,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This has been the effect of the enmity of the serpent's seed against the holy seed, ever since the time of righteous Abel. It was so in Old-Testament times, as we find, Heb. xi. Christ has told us that it would much more be so with the Christian church, and we are not to think it strange, 1 John iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G175226× in canon G137745× in canon G310750× in canon G134392× in canon G932162× in canon G3772272× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 5:10JAS 1:12 1PE 5:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:10MAT 5:3 ISA 66:2
MAT 5:10MAT 5:3 PRO 29:23
MAT 5:10MAT 5:3 PSA 34:18
MAT 5:10MAT 5:3 PRO 16:19
MAT 5:102CO 4:17 ROM 8:18
MAT 5:10JAS 1:12 1PE 1:6-8
MAT 5:10MAT 5:3 LUK 18:14

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