Matthew 5 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Sermon on the Mount; The Beatitudes

5 ^(A)When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on ^(B)the ^[a]mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. ^{2 (C)}He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,

³ “^[b](D)Blessed are the ^[c]poor in spirit, for ^(E)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ “Blessed are ^(F)those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

⁵ “Blessed are ^(G)the ^[d]gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

⁶ “Blessed are ^(H)those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

⁷ “Blessed are ^(I)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

⁸ “Blessed are ^(J)the pure in heart, for ^(K)they shall see God.

⁹ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for ^(L)they shall be called sons of God.

¹⁰ “Blessed are those who have been ^(M)persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for ^(N)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹ “Blessed are you when people ^(O)insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for ^(P)in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Disciples and the World

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth; but ^(Q)if the salt has become tasteless, how ^[e]can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

¹⁴ “You are ^(R)the light of the world. A city set on a ^[f]hill cannot be hidden; ^{15 (S)}nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a ^[g]basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may ^(T)see your good works, and ^(U)glorify your Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷ “Do not think that I came to abolish the ^(V)Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. ¹⁸ For truly I say to you, ^(W)until heaven and earth pass away, not ^[h]the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. ¹⁹ Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches ^[i]others to do the same, shall be called least ^(X)in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever ^[j]keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ “For I say to you that unless your ^(Y)righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Personal Relationships

²¹ “^(Z)You have heard that ^[k]the ancients were told, ‘^(AA)You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be ^[l]liable to ^(AB)the court.’ ²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be ^[m]guilty before ^(AC)the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘^[n]You good-for-nothing,’ shall be ^[o]guilty before ^[p](AD)the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be ^[q]guilty enough to go into the ^[r](AE)fiery hell. ²³ Therefore if you are ^(AF)presenting your ^[s]offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your ^[t]offering there before the altar and go; first be ^(AG)reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your ^[u]offering. ^{25 (AH)}Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Truly I say to you, ^(AI)you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last ^[v]cent.

²⁷ “^(AJ)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(AK)You shall not commit adultery’; ²⁸ but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ^(AL)with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ^{29 (AM)}If your right eye makes you ^[w]stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you ^[x]to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[y]than for your whole body to be thrown into ^[z](AN)hell. ^{30 (AO)}If your right hand makes you ^[aa]stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you ^[ab]to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[ac]than for your whole body to go into ^[ad](AP)hell.

³¹ “It was said, ‘^(AQ)Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’; ^{32 (AR)}but I say to you that everyone who ^[ae]divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a ^[af]divorced woman commits adultery.

³³ “Again, ^(AS)you have heard that ^[ag]the ancients were told, ‘^[ah](AT)You shall not ^[ai]make false vows, but shall fulfill your ^[aj]vows to the Lord.’ ³⁴ But I say to you, ^(AU)make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is ^(AV)the throne of God, ³⁵ or by the earth, for it is the ^(AW)footstool of His feet, or ^[ak]by Jerusalem, for it is ^(AX)the city of the great King. ³⁶ Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is ^[al]of ^(AY)evil.

³⁸ “^(AZ)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(BA)An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ ³⁹ But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but ^(BB)whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. ⁴⁰ If anyone wants to sue you and take your ^[am]shirt, let him have your ^[an]coat also. ⁴¹ Whoever ^[ao]forces you to go one mile, go with him two. ^{42 (BC)}Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

⁴³ “^(BD)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(BE)You shall love your neighbor ^(BF)and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I say to you, ^(BG)love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may ^[ap]be ^(BH)sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For ^(BI)if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ⁴⁷ If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸ Therefore ^[aq](BJ)you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 5:1 Or hill
2. Matthew 5:3 I.e. fortunate or prosperous, and so through v 11
3. Matthew 5:3 I.e. those who are not spiritually arrogant
4. Matthew 5:5 Or humble, meek
5. Matthew 5:13 Lit will
6. Matthew 5:14 Or mountain
7. Matthew 5:15 Or peck-measure
8. Matthew 5:18 Lit one iota (Heb yodh) or one projection of a letter (serif)
9. Matthew 5:19 Gr anthropoi
10. Matthew 5:19 Lit does
11. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients
12. Matthew 5:21 Or guilty before
13. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to
14. Matthew 5:22 Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa
15. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to
16. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin
17. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to
18. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire
19. Matthew 5:23 Or gift
20. Matthew 5:24 Or gift
21. Matthew 5:24 Or gift
22. Matthew 5:26 Lit quadrans (equaling two mites); i.e. 1/64 of a daily wage
23. Matthew 5:29 I.e. sin
24. Matthew 5:29 Lit that one...be lost
25. Matthew 5:29 Lit not your whole body
26. Matthew 5:29 Gr Gehenna
27. Matthew 5:30 I.e. sin
28. Matthew 5:30 Lit that one...be lost
29. Matthew 5:30 Lit not your whole body
30. Matthew 5:30 Gr Gehenna
31. Matthew 5:32 Or sends away
32. Matthew 5:32 Or sent away
33. Matthew 5:33 Lit it was said to the ancients
34. Matthew 5:33 you and your are singular here
35. Matthew 5:33 Or break your vows
36. Matthew 5:33 Lit oaths
37. Matthew 5:35 Or toward
38. Matthew 5:37 Or from the evil one
39. Matthew 5:40 Lit tunic; i.e. a garment worn next to the body
40. Matthew 5:40 Lit cloak; i.e. an outer garment
41. Matthew 5:41 Lit will force
42. Matthew 5:45 Or show yourselves to be
43. Matthew 5:48 Lit you shall be

Cross references

1. Matthew 5:1 : Matt ch 5-7; Luke 6:20-49
2. Matthew 5:1 : Mark 3:13; Luke 6:17; 9:28; John 6:3, 15
3. Matthew 5:2 : Matt 13:35; Acts 8:35; 10:34; 18:14
4. Matthew 5:3 : Matt 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-23
5. Matthew 5:3 : Matt 5:10; 19:14; 25:34; Mark 10:14; Luke 6:20; 22:29f
6. Matthew 5:4 : Is 61:2; John 16:20; Rev 7:17
7. Matthew 5:5 : Ps 37:11
8. Matthew 5:6 : Is 55:1, 2; John 4:14; 6:48ff; 7:37
9. Matthew 5:7 : Prov 11:17; Matt 6:14, 15; 18:33-35
10. Matthew 5:8 : Ps 24:4
11. Matthew 5:8 : Heb 12:14; 1 John 3:2; Rev 22:4
12. Matthew 5:9 : Matt 5:45; Luke 6:35; Rom 8:14
13. Matthew 5:10 : 1 Pet 3:14
14. Matthew 5:10 : Matt 5:3; 19:14; 25:34; Mark 10:14; Luke 6:20; 22:29f
15. Matthew 5:11 : 1 Pet 4:14
16. Matthew 5:12 : 2 Chr 36:16; Matt 23:37; Acts 7:52; 1 Thess 2:15; Heb 11:33ff; James 5:10
17. Matthew 5:13 : Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34f
18. Matthew 5:14 : Prov 4:18; John 8:12; 9:5; 12:36
19. Matthew 5:15 : Mark 4:21; Luke 8:16; 11:33; Phil 2:15
20. Matthew 5:16 : 1 Pet 2:12
21. Matthew 5:16 : Matt 9:8
22. Matthew 5:17 : Matt 7:12
23. Matthew 5:18 : Matt 24:35; Luke 16:17
24. Matthew 5:19 : Matt 11:11
25. Matthew 5:20 : Luke 18:11, 12
26. Matthew 5:21 : Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43
27. Matthew 5:21 : Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17
28. Matthew 5:21 : Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f
29. Matthew 5:22 : Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f
30. Matthew 5:22 : Matt 10:17; 26:59; Mark 13:9; 14:55; 15:1; Luke 22:66; John 11:47; Acts 4:15; 5:21; 6:12; 22:30; 23:1; 24:20
31. Matthew 5:22 : Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6
32. Matthew 5:23 : Matt 5:24
33. Matthew 5:24 : Rom 12:17, 18
34. Matthew 5:25 : Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58
35. Matthew 5:26 : Luke 12:59
36. Matthew 5:27 : Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
37. Matthew 5:27 : Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18
38. Matthew 5:28 : 2 Sam 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matt 15:19; James 1:14, 15
39. Matthew 5:29 : Matt 18:9; Mark 9:47
40. Matthew 5:29 : Matt 5:22
41. Matthew 5:30 : Matt 18:8; Mark 9:43
42. Matthew 5:30 : Matt 5:22
43. Matthew 5:31 : Deut 24:1, 3; Jer 3:1; Matt 19:7; Mark 10:4
44. Matthew 5:32 : Matt 19:9; Mark 10:11f; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor 7:11f
45. Matthew 5:33 : Matt 5:21, 27, 38, 43; 23:16ff
46. Matthew 5:33 : Lev 19:12; Num 30:2; Deut 23:21, 23
47. Matthew 5:34 : James 5:12
48. Matthew 5:34 : Is 66:1; Matt 23:22
49. Matthew 5:35 : Is 66:1; Acts 7:49
50. Matthew 5:35 : Ps 48:2
51. Matthew 5:37 : Matt 6:13; 13:19, 38; John 17:15; 2 Thess 3:3; 1 John 2:13f; 3:12; 5:18f
52. Matthew 5:38 : Matt 5:21, 27, 33, 43
53. Matthew 5:38 : Ex 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21
54. Matthew 5:39 : Matt 5:39-42: Luke 6:29, 30; 1 Cor 6:7
55. Matthew 5:42 : Deut 15:7-11; Luke 6:34f; 1 Tim 6:18
56. Matthew 5:43 : Matt 5:21, 27, 33, 38
57. Matthew 5:43 : Lev 19:18
58. Matthew 5:43 : Deut 23:3-6
59. Matthew 5:44 : Luke 6:27f; 23:34; Acts 7:60; Rom 12:20
60. Matthew 5:45 : Matt 5:9; Luke 6:35; Acts 14:17
61. Matthew 5:46 : Luke 6:32
62. Matthew 5:48 : Lev 19:2; Deut 18:13; 2 Cor 7:1; Phil 3:12-15