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MATTHEW Chapter 5-7

(MOFFATT TRANSLATION)

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3 Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! The Realm of
Heaven is theirs.
4 Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled.

5 Blessed are the humble! they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will
be satisfied.

7 Blessed are the merciful! they will find mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers! they will be ranked sons of God.

10 Blessed are those who been persecuted for the sake of goodness!
the Realm of Heaven is theirs.
11 Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you

and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;
12 Rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that
is how they persecuted the prophets before you.
13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt become insipid,

what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be
flung outside and trodden under foot.
14 You are the light of the world. A town on the top of a hill cannot

be hidden.
15 Nor do men light a lamp to put it under a bowl; they put it on
a stand, and it shines for all in the house.
16 So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the

good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.
17 Never imagine I have come to destroy the law or the prophets;
I have not come to destroy but to fulfil.

18 (I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,
not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.
19 Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands,

were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in
the Realm of heaven; but will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)
20 For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes

and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.

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