beatitudes

¹Then, seeing the crowds, he ascended the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples drew near to him, ²and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: ³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. ⁵Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.

¹Then, seeing the crowds, he ascended the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples drew near to him, ²and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying: ³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. ⁵Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.

⁴Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. ⁵Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. ⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

⁵Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled.

¹Then, seeing the crowds, he ascended the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples drew near to him,

⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.

⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

¹A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. ²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. ³He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. ⁴For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation. ⁵You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! ⁶And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

²⁰And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh. ²²Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man. ²³Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets. ²⁴Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy, for you have your consolation. ²⁵Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

²⁰And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. ²¹Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh. ²²Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man. ²³Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.

¹⁰Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake: ¹²be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

²⁷Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.