Matthew 5:3

James Moffatt - New Testament

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Cross References

Luke 18:14

I tell you, he went home accepted by God rather than the other man; for everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

Luke 11:28

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

Mark 10:14

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears, for they hear!

James 1:12

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

James 1:10

but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass —

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

Revelation 19:9

Then I was told, "Write this: — 'Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage-banquet of the Lamb!'" The angel also told me, "These are genuine words of God."

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"

Matthew 8:11

Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

Matthew 3:2

"Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

Matthew 19:14

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

Luke 22:29

so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

Luke 22:30

I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 3:17

You declare, 'I am rich, I am well off, I lack nothing!' — not knowing you are a miserable creature, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.