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James Tissot, The Beatitudes Sermon, c. 1890, Brooklyn Museum. The Beatitudes (/ b i ˈ æ t ɪ tj u d z /) are blessings recounted by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–10 within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and four in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings. [1] [2]
The Beatitudes are expressed as eight blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, and four similar blessings appear in the Sermon on the Plain in Luke, where they are followed by four woes that mirror the blessings. [56] The Beatitudes present the highest ideals of the teachings of Jesus on mercy, spirituality and compassion. [56] [57]
Pages in category "Beatitudes" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Eight beatitudes are listed in Matthew 5:3-10 and a ninth one in Matthew 5:11-12.
The verse appears on John Marston's grave in the video game Red Dead Redemption. This verse was famously misprinted in the second edition of the Geneva Bible as "blessed are the placemakers." This was parodied in Monty Python 's Life of Brian where the crowd listening to the sermon mishears it as "blessed are the cheesemakers" and then begin to ...
In the Gospel of Luke only, Jesus follows the beatitudes with a set of woes, denouncing the opposite to the blessings as the source of condemnation and punishment. These woes are universal and differ from the woes of the Pharisees. [1]
For a list of all events in the life of Jesus, see Gospel harmony For a list of parables told by Jesus, see Parables of Jesus For a list of miracles attributed to Jesus, see Miracles of Jesus
As with 5:3 this verse cites the Kingdom of Heaven as the reward, also like that first verse the reward is in the present tense, the other six have it in the future. Kodjak believes that this parallelism with the first verse is to emphasize that this one is the conclusion of the Beatitudes and 5:11-12 should not be considered part of the group. [1]