American Standard Version
Matthew 5:10
10Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Context of Matthew 5:10
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
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Μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 5:10
- Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
- Psalms 37:12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- Mark 10:30but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
- Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
- Luke 21:12But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
- John 15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
- Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
- Philippians 1:28and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;
- 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:
- 2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: and out of them all the Lord delivered me.
- James 1:2Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
- 1 Peter 3:13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
Commentaries on Matthew 5:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They which are persecuted - , they who are hard pressed upon and pursued with repeated acts of enmity. Parkhurst. They are happy who suffer, seems a strange saying: and that the righteous should suffer, merely because they are such, seems as strange. But such is the enmity of the human heart to every thing of God and goodness, that all those who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution in one form or other. As the religion of Christ gives no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Blessed are they which are persecuted - To persecute means literally to pursue; follow after, as one does a flying enemy. Here it means to vex, or oppress one, on account of his religion. They persecute others who injure their names, reputation, property, or who endanger or take their life, on account of their religious opinions. For righteousness‘ sake - Because they are righteous, or are the friends of God. We are not to seek persecution. We are not to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 Our Saviour here gives eight characters of blessed people, which represent to us the principal graces of a Christian. 1. The poor in spirit are happy. These bring their minds to their condition, when it is a low condition. They are humble and lowly in their own eyes. They see their want, bewail their guilt, and thirst after a Redeemer. The kingdom of grace is of such; the kingdom of glory is for them. 2. Those that mourn are happy. That godly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11The first followers of Jesus were persecuted by Jewish leaders who were offended by the new teaching of Jesus, which revealed God’s truth with authority (see Matthew 10:17–23; 11:2–6; 12:1–8; 15:1–20; 23:34–36). Since then, following Jesus and his teachings has often led to persecution (10:24–25; 2 Timothy 3:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, &c.--How entirely this final beatitude has its ground in the Old Testament, is evident from the concluding words, where the encouragement held out to endure such persecutions consists in its being but a continuation of what was experienced by the Old Testament servants of God. But how, it may be asked, could such beautiful features of character provoke persecution? To this the following…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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