Matthew 5

Matthew 5:1

• When Jesus saw the
• Seeing the
• Jesus saw the
• When he saw the
• When He saw the
• And seeing the
• Now when Jesus saw the
• Now when he saw the

• crowds
• crowds,
• multitudes,
• many people,
• many people.
• crowds of people,
• crowds of people

• He
• he
• Jesus

• went up on the
• went up on a
• went up the
• went up a

• mountain; and after
• mountain and after
• mountain, and after
• mountain: and when
• mountain, and when
• mountain. And when
• mountain; and when

• He
• he

• sat
• was
• had sat
• had

• down,
• seated,
• seated
• down and

• his
• His

• disciples
• followers

• came to
• gathered around

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• him;
• him:

Matthew 5:2

• and he
• And He
• Then he
• Then He
• He
• And he opened his
• He opened his
• He opened His
• Then He opened His

• began to teach
• mouth and taught
• mouth and began to teach
• taught

• them, saying,
• them, saying:
• them, saying
• them:
• them.
• them. He said,
• them. He said:

Matthew 5:3

• Blessed
• “Blessed

• are the poor in

• spirit: the
• spirit! The

• kingdom of

• Heaven
• heaven

• belongs to
• is

• them!
• them.
• theirs.

Matthew 5:4

• “Blessed are those who
• Blessed are those who
• Blessed are the
• Blessed are

• mourn, for
• mourn, For
• mourn.
• mourn;
• mourn—

• they
• They
• God

• will
• shall

• be
• comfort

• comforted.
• them!
• them.

Matthew 5:5

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 5:6

• “Blessed
• ‘Blessed

• are those who
• are

• hunger and
• hungry and

• thirst for
• thirst after
• thirsty for what is

• righteousness, For
• righteousness, for
• justice, for
• righteousness, because

• they

• will
• shall

• be

• satisfied.
• filled.

Matthew 5:7

• “Blessed
• ‘Blessed
• “Happy

• are the
• are

• merciful, for
• merciful, For
• merciful: for
• merciful:
• merciful!
• merciful—
• merciful.

• they
• They

• will
• shall
• will be

• be shown
• receive
• obtain
• find
• be

• mercy.

Matthew 5:8

• Blessed
• “Blessed

• are the pure in

• heart: for
• heart, For
• heart, for
• heart!
• heart;
• heart:
• heart—

• they

• will
• shall

• see
• be with

• God!
• God.

Matthew 5:9

• Blessed are those who make peace. They will be called God’s

• children.
• children!
• sons.

Matthew 5:10

• Blessed
• “Blessed

• are those who

• are
• have been

• persecuted for
• persecuted because of
• persecuted for the

• righteousness’ sake: for
• righteousness’ sake, for
• righteousness’ sake, For
• sake of righteousness, for

• theirs is the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• Heaven.
• heaven.

Matthew 5:11

• ‘Blessed
• “Blessed

• are

• you, when
• you when

• people
• they
• others

• insult
• revile

• you and
• you, and
• you,

• persecute
• hurt

• you and
• you, and
• you. They will

• say all
• speak all
• tell all
• lie and say all
• falsely say all

• kinds of

• evil against
• evil things about

• you

• falsely on
• falsely because of
• falsely, for
• falsely for

• me!
• me.
• My sake.
• my sake.
• my account.

Matthew 5:12

• Rejoice and be

• glad, because
• glad because
• glad, for

• your reward

• is
• will be

• great in

• heaven. In the
• heaven; in the
• heaven, for in the

• same way

• they
• people

• persecuted the prophets who

• were before
• lived before

• you.
• you.’

Matthew 5:13

• “You
• ‘You
• You

• are the
• are
• are like

• salt of the
• salt for the

• earth, but if
• earth; but if
• earth. But if
• earth; but if the
• earth. But if the
• earth, but if the

• salt

• loses
• has lost

• its

• taste, how
• saltiness. How
• saltiness, how
• flavor, how

• can
• will

• it be made salty

• again.
• again?

• Itis no longer good for

• anything, except to
• anything except to
• nothing but to
• nothing, but to
• anything but to
• anything, but

• be
• is

• thrown out and

• trampled
• trampled under
• trampled on by

• underfoot.’
• underfoot.
• men.
• foot by people.
• foot by men.
• people.
• foot.
• foot.”

Matthew 5:14

• “You
• ‘You
• You

• are the
• are like
• are

• light of the
• light for the

• world. A

• city built on a
• city set on a
• city on a
• town that stands on a
• city located on a

• hill
• hill-top
• hilltop

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• be

• hidden,
• hidden.
• hidden;
• hid;
• hid.

Matthew 5:15

• nor do
• Nor do

• they
• men
• people

• light a

• lamp, and
• lamp and

• put
• puts

• it under a
• it under the

• basket, but on a
• basket but on a
• basket, but on the

• lampstand, and
• lamp-stand where
• lampstand, where
• lamp-stand, where
• stand; and
• stand, and

• it

• gives light to all in the
• shines for everyone in the
• gives light to everyone in the

• house.

Matthew 5:16

• “In the same
• In the same

• way,
• way

• let your light

• shine
• shine in

• before
• front of

• men; that
• men, that
• others, so that
• people! Then
• people. Then
• others, that

• they

• may
• can

• see your good

• works, and
• works and
• deeds and

• glorify
• give glory to
• praise

• your

• Father in
• father in
• Father Who is in
• Father who is in

• heaven.’
• Heaven.”
• heaven.
• heaven.”

Matthew 5:17

• Do
• ‘Do
• “Do

• not
• n’t

• think that
• suppose that

• I

• have come to
• came to

• abolish the
• destroy the
• do away with the

• Law or the
• law or the
• law and the
• Law and the
• Law of Moses or the teaching of the
• law of Moses or the teaching of the

• prophets:
• prophets—
• prophets.
• Prophets;
• prophets;
• Prophets.

• I

• have
• did
• have come

• not
• not to
• n’t

• come to

• abolish, but to
• abolish but to
• destroy but to
• destroy, but to
• do away with them, but to
• do away with them but to
• destroy them but to
• abolish them but to

• fulfill.
• fulfill;
• fulfill them!
• fulfill them.
• complete them.

Matthew 5:18

• For truly,
• For truly

• I

• tell
• say to

• you: Until
• you, until
• you the
• you, till

• heaven and
• truth, until heaven and

• earth

• pass
• disappear,

• away, not one letter, not one

• stroke of a letter,
• stroke of a letter

• will

• pass from the
• disappear from the

• Law until all
• law, until all
• law until all

• is
• takes
• things

• accomplished.
• place.
• done.
• achieved.
• are accomplished.

Matthew 5:19

• Therefore, whoever
• Therefore whoever
• Anyone who
• Whoever then
• So anyone who

• breaks one of the
• relaxes one of the

• least of these
• least

• commandments, and
• commandments and
• commands and

• teaches
• teach

• others to
• people to

• do the
• do

• same—
• same,
• same
• so,
• so
• same, you

• will
• shall

• be

• called
• called the

• least in the kingdom of

• heaven, but whoever
• heaven; but whoever
• heaven. But whoever

• does them and
• does and
• practices and

• teaches
• teaches these

• them
• them,
• commands

• will
• shall
• he shall

• be called great in the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• Heaven.
• heaven.

Matthew 5:20

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 5:21

• ‘You
• “You

• have heard that it was

• said to those of
• said to the

• old, ‘You

• shall
• must

• not
• not commit

• murder,’ and ‘Whoever
• murder; and whoever
• murder,’ and ‘whoever
• murder, and whoever
• murder;’ and ‘Whoever
• murder’; and ‘whoever
• murder’ and ‘Whoever
• murder,’ and, ‘whoever

• murders
• commits murder

• will
• shall
• must

• be
• be in

• brought to
• liable to
• subject to
• danger of the

• judgment.’
• judgment.
• trial.”
• trial.’

Matthew 5:22

• ‘But I
• But I

• tell
• say to

• you, that
• you that
• you that if
• you: if
• you, if

• you
• everyone who
• anyone who

• is
• are

• angry with
• angry at

• his

• brother
• brother without a cause

• will
• shall

• be

• liable to
• subject to

• judgment; and whoever
• judgment. And whoever
• judgment, and whoever

• says to his brother

• will
• shall

• be

• liable to the
• brought before the
• subject to the

• council, and whoever
• council; and whoever

• says, ‘You

• fool
• fool,’
• fool!’

• will
• shall

• be liable to the

• hell
• hell of

• fire.

Matthew 5:23

• Therefore, if you
• Therefore if you
• “Therefore, if you
• So if you
• So when you
• “So when you
• So then, if you

• are
• bring
• are about to

• your
• offering your
• bringing your

• gift at the
• gift to the
• gift on the

• altar, and there
• altar and there
• altar, and
• altar. And
• altar and

• remember that
• you remember that

• your

• brother
• brother or sister

• has
• has a

• something against
• grievance against
• anything against

• you?
• you.
• you,

Matthew 5:24

• Leave
• leave

• your

• gift
• offering

• there, before the
• there before the
• there in front of the
• there at the

• altar, go and
• altar. Go and
• altar. First go and
• altar and go. First
• altar and go; first
• altar, and go your way. First

• be
• make

• reconciled to
• peace with
• peace with that
• reconciled with
• reconciled to that

• your brother and
• your brother, and
• person,
• person.
• person;
• your brother.
• your brother;
• your brother or sister, and
• your brother or sister and

• then
• Then

• come and
• come
• come back and

• offer
• present
• back and offer
• give

• your

• gift.
• gift to God.
• offering.

Matthew 5:25

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 5:26

• I
• Truly I
• Truly, I
• truly, I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you
• you,
• you:
• you the
• you that
• you the truth,

• you
• You
• truth, you
• truth: you

• will
• wo

• not
• never
• n’t

• get out until
• get out of there until
• get out till
• leave there until
• come out of there until
• be released until

• you

• have
• ’ve

• paid the
• paid every
• paid

• last
• very last
• everything you
• piece of

• penny.
• penny!
• owe.
• cent.

Matthew 5:27

• ‘You
• “You

• have heard that it was

• said, ‘
• said,
• said—‘

• You shall not
• Do not
• You must not

• commit

• adultery;’
• adultery’;
• adultery.”
• adultery.’
• adultery.

Matthew 5:28

• But I
• but I

• tell
• say to

• you that
• you that if
• you:

• anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed

• adultery with
• adultery with her in
• adultery in

• her in his
• his

• heart.
• mind.

Matthew 5:29

• “If your
• ‘If your
• If your
• So if your
• “So if your
• And if your

• right eye

• causes
• makes
• leads

• you to
• you

• sin,
• stumble,

• tear
• take
• gouge
• pluck
• poke

• it out and throw it

• away!
• away;
• away.
• away. For

• It
• it

• is
• ’s

• better for
• better that

• you to
• you

• lose one
• lose a
• lose one of the

• part of
• parts of

• your

• body, than for
• body than for

• your whole

• body to
• body

• be

• thrown into
• cast into

• hell.
• Gehenna.

Matthew 5:30

• And, if your
• And if your
• “If your
• If your

• right hand

• causes
• makes
• leads

• you to
• you

• sin,
• stumble,

• cut
• chop

• it off and throw it

• away!
• away;
• away.
• away. For

• it
• It

• is better to

• lose one
• lose a
• lose one of the

• part of
• parts of

• your

• body, than for
• body than for

• your whole

• body to
• body

• go into
• go to
• be thrown into
• be cast into

• hell!
• hell.
• Gehenna.

Matthew 5:31

• ‘It
• “It

• was also
• has also been
• was

• said, ‘Whoever
• said, Whoever

• divorces
• shall put away

• his

• wife
• wife,

• must
• let him

• give her a

• certificate of
• written notice of
• writing of
• written

• divorce,’
• divorce;
• divorce.’
• divorce’;
• divorce.

Matthew 5:32

• But I
• but I

• say to
• tell

• you that
• you,
• you:

• everyone who
• anyone who

• divorces his

• wife, except for the
• wife, except on the

• ground of sexual immorality, makes

• her to
• her

• commit

• adultery, and whoever
• adultery; and whoever
• adultery. And whoever
• adultery; and anyone who
• adultery. And anyone who

• marries a divorced woman

• commits
• is guilty of

• adultery.’
• adultery.

Matthew 5:33

• “Again you
• ‘Again, you
• “Again, you
• Again, you
• “You
• “ You

• have heard that it was said to our people long ago, ‘Donot break your oath, but

• carry out the
• keep the

• vows
• oaths
• promises

• you

• make to the
• have made to the

• Lord.
• Lord.’

Matthew 5:34

• ‘But I
• But I
• but I

• tell
• say to

• you.
• you
• you,
• you:
• you that

• Do
• do
• you must

• not
• n’t
• not to

• swear at all, either by
• swear at all: either by
• take an oath at all, either by
• take an oath at all: either by
• swear at all: neither by

• heaven, for
• heaven, because

• it is the throne of

• God,
• God;

Matthew 5:35

• or by the earth, for
• Or by the earth, for
• nor by the earth, for
• or by the earth, because
• nor by earth, for

• it is

• his
• His

• footstool; or by
• footstool, or by
• footstool; nor by
• footstool, nor by

• Jerusalem!’ for
• Jerusalem, for
• Jerusalem, because

• it
• Jerusalem, since that

• is the
• ’s the

• city of the

• Great
• great

• King.
• king.
• King,

Matthew 5:36

• Do
• do
• And do
• Nor shall

• not
• you
• n’t
• n’t even
• not even

• swear by
• take an oath by

• your
• your own

• head, because
• head!’ for
• head, for
• head.

• you
• You

• can
• ca
• are

• not
• n’t

• make one
• able to make one
• turn one
• make even one

• hair white or black.

Matthew 5:37

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 5:38

• ‘You
• “You
• You

• have heard that it was

• said, An
• said, ‘An
• said—‘An
• said, ‘
• said:

• eye for an
• Eye for

• eye and a
• eye, and a
• eye, and
• eye and

• tooth for a
• tooth for

• tooth.
• tooth.’
• tooth.’ ; ;
• tooth.”

Matthew 5:39

• But I

• tell
• say to

• you.
• you,
• you:
• you that you

• Do
• do
• must

• not
• n’t
• not to

• resist an
• resist the

• evil person. If
• evil person! If

• someone
• anyone

• slaps
• strikes
• hits

• you on the right cheek,

• turn the
• turn to

• him the other
• other to him

• also;
• also.
• as well;
• as well.

Matthew 5:40

• ‘If anyone
• If anyone
• if someone
• If someone
• And if someone

• wants to sue
• takes you to
• sues

• you and
• court to
• you in
• you to

• take
• get
• court and take
• take away

• your

• shirt.
• shirt
• shirt,
• tunic,
• coat,

• Let
• let

• him
• them

• have your

• coat
• coat,
• cloak
• cloak,

• as well;
• as well.
• also.
• too.

Matthew 5:41

• If someone forces
• and if anyone forces
• And if anyone forces
• If a soldier forces
• And whoever compels

• you to
• you

• go one
• carry
• walk with

• mile.
• mile,
• him one mile,
• his pack one mile,

• go with
• carry
• Go two
• go two

• him two.
• miles with him.

Matthew 5:42

• Give to
• Give to the
• “Give to the

• one who
• anyone who
• him who
• everyone who

• asks
• asks of

• you, and
• you for something.

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t

• turn away from the
• turn
• refuse

• one who
• him who
• anyone who
• someone who

• wants to

• borrow from
• borrow

• you.
• something from you.

Matthew 5:43

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 5:44

• But I
• but I
• But what I

• tell you:
• tell you,
• tell you.
• say to you,
• tell you is this:

• Love
• love

• your

• enemies, and
• enemies and
• enemies.
• enemies!

• Pray for those who
• pray for those who

• persecute
• hurt

• you.
• you
• you,
• you!
• you;

Matthew 5:45

• so that you
• that you
• Then you
• In that way you
• In that way, you

• may
• will

• be
• become

• children of
• sons of

• your

• Father in
• father in
• Father who is in

• heaven. For
• heaven, for
• heaven; for
• heaven. “
• heaven.

• He
• he

• makes
• causes

• his
• His

• sun to
• sun

• rise on the
• rise on

• evil and the
• evil and on the
• bad and

• good, and
• good and
• good alike, and

• sends
• he sends

• rain on the
• rain to those who

• righteous and the
• just and the
• just and on the
• righteous and on the

• unjust.
• unrighteous.

Matthew 5:46

• For if you
• “If you
• If you

• love those who love you, what reward

• do
• will
• can

• you

• have?
• get?

• Even the tax collectors

• do that!
• do that?
• do that.

Matthew 5:47

• And if you
• If you
• And if you are

• greet
• nice

• only
• only to

• your

• brothers, what
• brothers and sisters, what
• friends, what
• own people, what

• are
• more are

• you doing more than others?

• Do not even the
• Don’t even the
• Even the
• Even

• Gentiles
• pagans
• tax collectors

• do that!
• do that?
• do that.

Matthew 5:48

• You,
• You
• Therefore

• you
• then,
• therefore
• therefore,

• must be
• be
• are to be
• shall be

• perfect as
• perfect—as
• perfect, as

• your heavenly

• father
• Father

• is

• perfect.”
• perfect.’
• perfect.