Matthew 5 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Sermon on the Mount; The Beatitudes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁹ “Blessed are the peacemakers, for ^(L)they will 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 this 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 ^[d]can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.

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

¹⁷ “Do not presume 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 ^[g]the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! ¹⁹ Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches ^[h]others to do the same, shall be called least ^(X)in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever ^[i]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 far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Personal Relationships

²¹ “^(Z)You have heard that ^[j]the ancients were told, ‘^(AA)You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to ^(AB)the court.’ ²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to ^(AC)the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘^[k]You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to ^[l](AD)the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the ^[m](AE)fiery hell. ²³ Therefore, if you are ^(AF)presenting your ^[n]offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your ^[o]offering there before the altar and go; first be ^(AG)reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your ^[p]offering. ^{25 (AH)[q]}Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not 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 ^[r]quadrans.

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 Now ^(AM)if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[s]than for your whole body to be thrown into ^[t](AN)hell. ³⁰ And ^(AO)if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you ^[u]to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[v]than for your whole body to go into ^[w](AP)hell.

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

³³ “Again, ^(AS)you have heard that ^[z]the ancients were told, ‘^[aa](AT)You shall not ^[ab]make false vows, but shall fulfill your ^[ac]vows to the Lord.’ ³⁴ But I say to you, ^(AU)take no oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is ^(AV)the throne of God, ³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is the ^(AW)footstool of His feet, nor ^[ad]by Jerusalem, for it is ^(AX)the city of the great King. ³⁶ Nor shall you take an oath by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. ³⁷ But make sure your statement is, ‘^[ae]Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is ^[af]of ^(AY)evil origin.

³⁸ “^(AZ)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(BA)Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ ³⁹ But I say to you, do not show opposition against an evil person; but ^(BB)whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other toward him also. ⁴⁰ And if anyone wants to sue you and take your ^[ag]tunic, let him have your ^[ah]cloak also. ⁴¹ Whoever ^[ai]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 prove yourselves to 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? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same? ⁴⁷ And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same? ⁴⁸ Therefore ^(BJ)you shall 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 5:5 Or humble, meek
4. Matthew 5:13 Lit will
5. Matthew 5:14 Or mountain
6. Matthew 5:15 Lit peck-measure
7. Matthew 5:18 Lit one iota (Heb yodh) or one projection (serif)
8. Matthew 5:19 Lit people
9. Matthew 5:19 Lit does
10. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients
11. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa
12. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court
13. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire
14. Matthew 5:23 Or gift
15. Matthew 5:24 Or gift
16. Matthew 5:24 Or gift
17. Matthew 5:25 I.e., settle the case
18. Matthew 5:26 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage
19. Matthew 5:29 Lit and that your whole body not be
20. Matthew 5:29 Gr Gehenna
21. Matthew 5:30 Lit that one...be lost
22. Matthew 5:30 Lit and not your whole body
23. Matthew 5:30 Gr Gehenna
24. Matthew 5:32 Lit sends away, the Heb term for divorce
25. Matthew 5:32 Lit woman sent away
26. Matthew 5:33 Lit it was said to the ancients
27. Matthew 5:33 you and your are singular here
28. Matthew 5:33 Or break your vows
29. Matthew 5:33 Lit oaths
30. Matthew 5:35 Or toward
31. Matthew 5:37 I.e., a clear “yes” or “no”
32. Matthew 5:37 Or from the evil one
33. Matthew 5:40 A long shirt worn next to the skin
34. Matthew 5:40 Or outer garment
35. Matthew 5:41 Lit will force

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