Matthew 5:7 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

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ASV

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

WEB

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

YLT

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

DBT

Blessed the merciful, for they shall find mercy.

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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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Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 6:14–15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
2 Samuel 22:26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
Matthew 18:33–35
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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18 ); may, they shall inherit the kingdom prepared for them ( ch. xxv. 34, 35 ); whereas they shall have judgment without mercy (which can be nothing short of hell-fire ) who have shown no mercy. The pure in heart are happy (

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

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