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shall be comforted.
5:6. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall

have their fill.
5:7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
5:8. Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
5:9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of God.
5:10. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
5:11. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and
speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
5:12. Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For
so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
5:13. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing anymore but to be
cast out, and to be trodden on by men.
5:14. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot
be hid.
5:15. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon
a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.
5:16. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
5:17. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I
am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
To fulfil. . .By accomplishing all the figures and prophecies; and
perfecting all that was imperfect.
5:18. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or
one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.

Amen. . .That is, assuredly of a truth. . .This Hebrew word, amen, is
here retained by the example and authority of all the four Evangelists. It
is used by our Lord as a strong asseveration, and affirmation of the
truth.
5:19. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
5:20. For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of
the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
The scribes and Pharisees. . .The scribes were the doctors of the law of
Moses: the Pharisees were a precise set of men, making profession of a
more exact observance of the law: and upon that account greatly
esteemed among the people.
5:21. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill.
And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment.
Shall be in danger of the judgment. . .That is, shall deserve to be
punished by that lesser tribunal among the Jews, called the Judgment,
which took cognizance of such crimes.
5:22. But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall
be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou
fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Raca. . .A word expressing great indignation or contempt. Shall be in
danger of the council. . .That is, shall deserve to be punished by the
highest court of judicature, called the Council, or Sanhedrim, consisting
of seventy-two persons, where the highest causes were tried and judged,
which was at Jerusalem. Thou fool. . .This was then looked upon as a
heinous injury, when uttered with contempt, spite, or malice: and
therefore is here so severely condemned. Shall be in danger of hell

fire. . .literally, according to the Greek, shall deserve to be cast into the
Gehenna of fire. Which words our Saviour made use of to express the
fire and punishments of hell.
5:23. If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou
remember that thy brother hath anything against thee;
5:24. Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be
reconciled to thy brother, and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.
5:25. Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the
way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and
the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
5:26. Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou
repay the last farthing.
5:27. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not
commit adultery.
5:28. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust
after her,