Matthew 5 (NET)

Matthew 5:1¹When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 3:13Matt 15:29John 6:2-3Mark 4:1Mark 3:20Matt 4:25Luke 6:13-16Matt 10:2-4Matt 13:2Matt 4:18-22

Matthew 5:2²Then he began to teach them by saying:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 8:35Luke 6:20-26Acts 10:34Matt 13:35Acts 18:14Eph 6:19Prov 31:8-9Prov 8:6Ps 78:1-2

Matthew 5:3³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:2Prov 29:23Ps 34:18Prov 16:19Luke 18:142 Chr 7:14Ps 51:17Isa 57:15Jas 2:5Luke 6:20-26

Matthew 5:4⁴“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:42 Cor 7:9-10Isa 61:2-3John 16:20-22Ps 126:5-6Isa 57:18Luke 6:21Rev 7:14-17Jas 1:12Isa 51:11-12

Matthew 5:5⁵“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:11Isa 29:19Jas 3:13Ps 149:4Gal 5:23Col 3:12Num 12:3Jas 1:21Matt 11:29Ps 25:9

Matthew 5:6⁶“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:14Ps 107:9John 6:27John 6:48-58Ps 145:19Isa 55:1-3John 7:37Luke 6:21Rev 7:16Ps 42:1-2

Matthew 5:7⁷“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:32-5:1Matt 6:14-152 Sam 22:26Matt 18:33-35Ps 18:25Jas 2:13Jas 3:17Col 3:12Mic 6:8Luke 6:35

Matthew 5:8⁸“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 24:4Ps 51:10Heb 10:22Heb 12:14Ezek 36:25-27Prov 22:11Jas 4:81 Pet 1:22Jas 3:17Ps 15:2

Matthew 5:9⁹“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:14Jas 3:16-18Rom 12:18Gal 5:22Ps 120:6Rom 8:14Luke 6:35Rom 14:17-19Eph 5:1-22 Cor 13:11

Matthew 5:10¹⁰“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:121 Pet 3:13-142 Cor 4:17Matt 5:3Jas 1:2-5Luke 6:222 Tim 2:122 Cor 4:8-12Phil 1:281 Pet 4:12-16

Matthew 5:11¹¹“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:14Luke 21:17Mark 13:13Matt 24:9Luke 6:221 Pet 2:23John 15:21Isa 66:5Matt 10:22Matt 10:39

Matthew 5:12¹²Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:23Jas 1:2Col 3:241 Pet 4:13Col 1:24Rom 5:3Ruth 2:12Ps 58:11Isa 3:10Prov 11:18

Matthew 5:13¹³“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 4:6Luke 14:34-35Mark 9:49-50Heb 6:4-6Lev 2:132 Pet 2:20-21

Matthew 5:14¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:15John 8:12Eph 5:8-141 Thess 5:5Prov 4:18John 12:36Rom 2:19-202 Cor 6:14John 5:35Rev 21:14-27

Matthew 5:15¹⁵People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:33Mark 4:21Luke 8:16Num 8:2Exod 25:37

Matthew 5:16¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:12Titus 2:7John 15:81 John 1:5-7Phil 2:15-16Eph 5:8Isa 60:1-31 Pet 3:161 Pet 4:141 Pet 2:9

Matthew 5:17¹⁷“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:4Luke 16:17Gal 4:4-5Rom 8:4Rom 3:31Isa 42:21Gal 3:17-24Matt 7:12Heb 10:3-12Ps 40:6-8

Matthew 5:18¹⁸I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 16:17Isa 40:81 Pet 1:25Ps 119:89-90Matt 24:34-35Isa 51:6Mark 13:30Ps 102:26Rev 20:11John 5:19

Matthew 5:19¹⁹So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 12:32Jas 2:10-11Matt 28:20Rom 13:8-10Matt 11:111 Tim 6:3-4Dan 12:31 Thess 4:1-71 Tim 4:11-12Gal 5:14-24

Matthew 5:20²⁰For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:2-3Phil 3:9Rom 9:30-32Luke 16:14-15Matt 23:2-5John 3:3-5Matt 23:23-282 Cor 5:17Heb 12:14Matt 7:21

Matthew 5:21²¹“You have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not murder,’ and ‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 5:17Exod 20:13Num 35:30-34Exod 21:12-14Deut 21:7-9Num 35:16-21Gen 9:5-6Num 35:12Matt 5:33Matt 5:38

Matthew 5:22²²But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:14-151 John 4:20-211 John 2:9Eph 4:26-27Eph 4:31-32Jas 3:6Titus 3:2Matt 10:28Matt 18:351 Pet 3:9

Matthew 5:23²³So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 11:25Lev 6:2-6Matt 5:24Matt 8:4Matt 23:19Luke 19:81 Sam 15:22Hos 6:6Amos 5:21-24Isa 1:10-17

Matthew 5:24²⁴leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:16Rom 12:17-18Matt 18:15-171 Pet 3:7-8Job 42:8Prov 25:91 Cor 6:7-81 Tim 2:81 Cor 11:28Jas 3:13-18

Matthew 5:25²⁵Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 12:58-59Prov 25:8Heb 3:13Isa 55:6-7Luke 14:31-32Heb 3:7Luke 13:24-251 Kgs 22:26-27Heb 12:17Job 22:21

Matthew 5:26²⁶I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 18:34Luke 12:592 Thess 1:9Jas 2:13Luke 16:26Matt 25:41Matt 25:46

Matthew 5:27²⁷“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 5:18Prov 6:32Exod 20:14Lev 20:10Deut 22:22-24Matt 5:21

Matthew 5:28²⁸But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:16Jas 1:14-15Prov 6:25Exod 20:172 Sam 11:2Job 31:12 Pet 2:14Gen 34:2Rom 7:7-8Job 31:9

Matthew 5:29²⁹If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:13Mark 9:43-48Col 3:5Rom 6:61 Pet 4:1-31 Cor 9:27Gal 5:24Luke 9:24-25Mark 8:36Matt 18:8-9

Matthew 5:30³⁰If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:43Matt 5:291 Pet 2:8Rom 14:20-211 Cor 8:13Luke 17:2Matt 18:6-7Matt 13:21Luke 12:5Gal 5:11

Matthew 5:31³¹“It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 3:1Deut 24:1-4Matt 19:7Mark 10:2-9Matt 19:3

Matthew 5:32³²But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 7:3Luke 16:181 Cor 7:10-111 Cor 7:4Matt 19:8-9Mark 10:5-12Mal 2:14-16Matt 5:28

Matthew 5:33³³“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 23:21Lev 19:12Eccl 5:4-6Deut 23:23Num 30:2-16Ps 76:11Deut 5:11Exod 20:7Matt 23:16-22Ps 50:14

Matthew 5:34³⁴But I say to you, do not take oaths at all—not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:12Isa 66:1Deut 23:21-23Matt 23:16-22Eccl 9:2Isa 57:15

Matthew 5:35³⁵not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 48:22 Chr 6:6Mal 1:14Rev 21:10Ps 99:5Rev 21:2Ps 87:2

Matthew 5:36³⁶Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 12:25Matt 6:27Matt 23:16-21

Matthew 5:37³⁷Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:12Col 4:6Col 3:92 Cor 1:17-20John 8:44Eph 4:252 Thess 3:3Matt 13:191 John 5:18Matt 13:38

Matthew 5:38³⁸“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 24:19-20Deut 19:21Exod 21:22-27Deut 19:19

Matthew 5:39³⁹But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:151 Pet 3:9Rom 12:17-19Prov 20:22Luke 6:29-301 Pet 2:20-23Lev 19:18Lam 3:30Prov 24:29Isa 50:6

Matthew 5:40⁴⁰And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:291 Cor 6:7

Matthew 5:41⁴¹And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:26

Matthew 5:42⁴²Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:17Heb 13:16Luke 6:30-361 Tim 6:17-19Ps 112:5-9Ps 37:211 John 3:16-18Deut 15:7-142 Cor 9:6-15Rom 12:20

Matthew 5:43⁴³“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor ’ and ‘hate your enemy.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 19:18Ps 139:21-22Gal 5:13-14Matt 19:19Rom 13:8-10Deut 23:6Jas 2:8Mark 12:31-34Matt 22:39-40Luke 10:27-29

Matthew 5:44⁴⁴But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:141 Pet 3:9Luke 6:27-28Rom 12:20-21Prov 25:21-22Luke 23:341 Pet 2:23Acts 7:60Luke 6:34-351 Cor 4:12-13

Matthew 5:45⁴⁵so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 145:9Luke 6:35Acts 14:17Job 25:3Eph 5:1Matt 5:9John 13:351 John 3:9

Matthew 5:46⁴⁶For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:32-351 Pet 2:20-23Matt 11:19Matt 9:10-11Luke 15:1Luke 18:13Matt 18:17Matt 6:1Luke 19:2Luke 19:7

Matthew 5:47⁴⁷And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:32Matt 5:201 Pet 2:20Luke 10:4-5

Matthew 5:48⁴⁸So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:15-16Jas 1:4Lev 19:2Deut 18:13Luke 6:36Eph 5:1-21 John 3:3Col 1:28Luke 6:402 Cor 7:1