Matthew 5:4:
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
(NIV)
Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! [Isa. 61:2.](AMP)
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
(KJV)
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Matthew 5:8:
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
(NIV)
Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous--possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! [Ps. 24:3, 4.](AMP)
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
(KJV)
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Matthew 5:10:
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(NIV)
Blessed and happy and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!
(AMP)
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(KJV)
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