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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,[a]
    for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.(A)
[b]Blessed are the clean of heart,(B)
    for they will see God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:6 For righteousness: a Matthean addition. For the meaning of righteousness here, see note on Mt 3:14–15.
  2. 5:8 Cf. Ps 24:4. Only one “whose heart is clean” can take part in the temple worship. To be with God in the temple is described in Ps 42:3 as “beholding his face,” but here the promise to the clean of heart is that they will see God not in the temple but in the coming kingdom.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.(A)
Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.(B)
Blessed are the pure in heart,(C)
    for they will see God.(D)

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