Matthew 5:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ "Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ “Happy are people who are hopeless, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 5:3 Cross References

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is the [one] who is not offended because of Me."

Matthew 13:16

"But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, "Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Matthew 3:2

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you that many shall come from east and west, and recline [to eat] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Allow the little children come to Me, do not hinder them; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Luke 11:28

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Luke 22:29

And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me,

Luke 22:30

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

James 1:10

but the rich [man ]in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

Revelation 19:9

Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!' "And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their right shall be to the tree of life, and they may enter by the gates into the city.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, 'I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing'-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked,