Matthew 5:10
New International Version
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

New Living Translation
God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

English Standard Version
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Berean Standard Bible
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Berean Literal Bible
Blessed are those having been persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

King James Bible
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

New King James Version
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

New American Standard Bible
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

NASB 1995
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

NASB 1977
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Amplified Bible
“Blessed [comforted by inner peace and God’s love] are those who are persecuted for doing that which is morally right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

Christian Standard Bible
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who are persecuted for righteousness are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

American Standard Version
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Contemporary English Version
God blesses those people who are treated badly for doing right. They belong to the kingdom of heaven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

English Revised Version
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Blessed are those who are persecuted for doing what God approves of. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Good News Translation
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

International Standard Version
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

Literal Standard Version
Blessed those persecuted for righteousness’ sake—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Majority Standard Bible
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

New American Bible
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

NET Bible
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

New Revised Standard Version
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

New Heart English Bible
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Weymouth New Testament
"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.

World English Bible
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Young's Literal Translation
'Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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Context
The Beatitudes
9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. 10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.…

Cross References
Isaiah 66:5
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: "Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!' But they will be put to shame."

Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Mark 10:14
But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Luke 6:20
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:29
And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,


Treasury of Scripture

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

are.

Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

Psalm 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Mark 10:30
But he shall receive an 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.

for.

Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2 Thessalonians 1:4-7
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: …

James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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Matthew 5
1. Jesus' sermon on the mount:
3. The Beattitudes;
13. the salt of the earth;
14. the light of the world.
17. He came to fulfill the law.
21. What it is to kill;
27. to commit adultery;
33. to swear.
38. He exhorts to forgive wrong,
43. to love our enemies;
48. and to labor after perfection.














(10) Persecuted for righteousness sake.--Here again there is a profound significance in the order. The work of the peacemakers is not a light and easy work. Often, as of old, when we "labour for peace," men "make them ready for battle" (Psalm 120:7); but not the less is the blessing sure to follow. Amid seeming failure or seeming success, those who are persecuted, not for opinions, but for right conduct, the true martyrs and confessors of righteousness, attain their reward at last. There is something suggestive in the fact that the last promise is the same as the first. We end, as we began, with "the kingdom of heaven;" but the path by which we have been led leads us to see that that includes all the intermediate blessings, of which at first it seemed but the prelude and beginning.

Verse 10. - Which are persecuted; which have been persecuted (Revised Version); οἱ δεδιωγμένοι. "Those who are harassed, hunted, spoiled. The term is properly used of wild beasts pursued by hunters, or of an enemy or malefactor in flight" (Wetstein). Our Lord, by the use of the perfect, wishes to indicate

(1) the fact that they have endured persecution, and still stand firm; and probably

(2) the condition of temporal loss to which they have been reduced by such persecution. They have "suffered the loss," possibly, "of all things," but they are "blessed." For righteouness' sake (ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης). No article (contrast ver. 6), either as indicating that for even a part of righteousness persecution can be undergone, or, and more probably, simply dwelling on the cause of persecution without idealizing it. St. Peter also says, perhaps with a reference to our Lord's words, that they who suffer διὰ δικαιοσύνην are μακάριοι (1 Peter 3:14). For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The same promise that was given to "the poor in spirit" (ver. 3) is here given to the persecuted for righteousness' sake. In the former case, poverty in the sphere of the spirit obtains the fullest possessions; here the same promise is given to temporal loss produced by faithfulness to the cause of righteousness. In ver. 3 our Lord removed all occasion for intellectual and spiritual pride. Here he comforts for temporal and social losses (cf. especially 2 Corinthians 6:10; further see ver. 3, note). Clement of Alexandria, 'Strom.,' 4:6 (p. 582, Potter)

(1) confuses this and the preceding Beatitude; . . .

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Greek
Blessed [are]
Μακάριοι (Makarioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.

those who
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

are persecuted
δεδιωγμένοι (dediōgmenoi)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1377: To pursue, hence: I persecute. A prolonged form of a primary verb dio; to pursue; by implication, to persecute.

because of
ἕνεκεν (heneken)
Preposition
Strong's 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of.

righteousness,
δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosynēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification.

for
Ὅτι (Hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

theirs
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

kingdom
βασιλεία (basileia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.

of
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

heaven.
οὐρανῶν (ouranōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.


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