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kingdom of God
Blessed
are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
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Bless-ed refers to a spiritual condition of divinely gifted joy already present, not a requirement to be fulfilled in order to receive a reward
makarios
The meek are those who humbly seek God. They are neither too bold not too timid. Being meek is in harmony with being angry over injustice inflicted on others.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you
kingdom of God
sedaqa
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for
righteousness,
for they will be filled
does not refer to an "absolute ideal ethical norm" but is "out and out term denoting a relationship." Every relationship makes claims on conduct and "the satisfaction of these claims, which issue from the relationship and in which alone the relationship can persist, is described by our term sedaqa.”
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were
before you.
The heart refers to the entire internal life
of the person and includes
feelings, mind and will.
Jesus focuses on the heart, not the hands.