page_title: Matthew 5:3
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hierarchical_section_title: Matthew 5:3 / Content
caption_attribution_description: English: The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew.
context_page_description: Matthew 5:3 is the third verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It is the opening verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and the section of the sermon known as the Beatitudes.
context_section_description: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. (KJV)
  Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν 
  beati pauperes spiritu quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum (Vulgate)
  For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 5:3.
caption: Text of Matthew 5:3 in the Beatitudes at Our Lady of Peace Shrine, along I-80 in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming (2016).
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