Matthew 5:6 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁶ Blessed [are] those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.

Matthew 5:6 Cross References

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 6:21

Blessed [are] you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed [are] you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who have been filled, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water which I shall give him will by no means ever thirst again. But the water which I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life."

John 6:27

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for [upon] Him God the Father has set [His] seal."

John 7:37

Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

Revelation 7:16

They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; nor shall the sun by any means strike them, nor any scorching heat;