Matthew 5:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”
Matthew 5:7 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 5:76 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Matthew 5:7
Justice and mercy are so united, that the one ought to be mingled with the other; justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice, profusion - hence He goes on to the one from the other.
The merciful is he who has a sad heart; he counts others' misery his own, and is sad at their grief as at his own.
Mercy here is not said only of alms, but is in every sin of a brother, if we bear one another’s burdens.
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