Matthew 5:4 - Plain English Version

⁴ Some people are very sad now, and they cry, but God will make them feel better, and they will be really happy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! [Isa. 61:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Common English Bible

⁴ “Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.

Matthew 5:4 Cross References

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that when you were alive on the earth, you had everything that you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here, and we are making him feel good, but you are there in that fire.

Luke 7:38

Then she went inside and was just behind Jesus, near his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on his feet. Then she dried his feet with her hair, and she kissed them, then she poured all that special oil on to his feet.

Luke 7:50

But Jesus said to the woman, “You trusted me, so you will not get trouble for the bad things you did. Don’t worry, you can go away happy and quiet now.”

James 1:12

If God lets people test you, to see if you trust him properly, don’t give up trusting him. After God sees that you keep on trusting him, he will give you new life, so that you will live with him for ever. He promised to do that for everybody that loves him.