Matthew 5:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ “Those persons who have an appetite for whatever is right are blessed because they will be satisfied.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! [Isa. 55:1, 2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Common English Bible

⁶ “Happy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Matthew 5:6 Cross References

John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give him will never get thirsty [again]. For the water I will give him will become in him [i.e., in his spirit] a spring of water, bubbling up and producing never ending life.” [See John 7:38].

John 6:27

Do not work for the [kind of] food that spoils, but for the kind that lasts until never ending life. The Son of man will give you this [kind of food], for God the Father has placed His seal [of approval] on Him.”

John 7:37

Now on the last and greatest day of the Festival [of Tabernacles], Jesus stood up and spoke out, “If anyone is thirsty he should come to me for a drink.

Revelation 7:16

They will not be hungry anymore, nor will they get thirsty anymore. The sun will not beat down on them, nor will they become scorched by the heat.

Luke 6:21

Those of you who now have an appetite [i.e., for doing what is right] are blessed, because you will be satisfied [eventually]. Those of you who cry now [i.e., over your sins] are blessed, because you will laugh [i.e., when you are forgiven later].

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things and has sent the rich away empty-handed.

Luke 6:25

It is too bad for you people who have plenty to eat now, because you will be hungry [later on]. It is too bad for you people who are laughing now, because you will grieve and cry [later on].