Gospel for Today

From The Second Testament, forthcoming this June.

Yēsous on the mountain

5:1       Seeing the crowds, he ascended into the mountain and… he sat down… his Apprentices approached him. 2 Opening his mouth, he was teaching them, saying,

Yēsous announces who is blessed

3          God blesses the beggars in spirit because theirs is Heavens’ Empire.

4          God blesses the grievers because they will be consoled.

5          God blesses the meek because they will inherit the land.

6          God blesses the ones hungering and thirsting for the rightness because they will be satisfied.

7          God blesses the compassionate because they will be shown compassion.

8          God blesses the clean in the heart because they will see God.

9          God blesses the peacemakers because they will be called “God’s descendants.”

10        God blesses the ones who have been chased for rightness because theirs is Heavens’ Empire.

11        God bless you whenever they degrade you and chase you and say every evil thing against you, falsifying, because of me. 12 Be joyful and be overjoyed because your wage will be much in the heavens for so they chased the prophets before you.