The Beatitudes


chasinblog2.jpgJuly 12, 2016 (Tuesday)
Jesus began the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes. Most of us learned them in the King James Version. They are beautiful. From Matthew 5, here they are:

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Contemporary translations can encourage us to take a second look at familiar verses in the Bible and sometimes gain new perspectives on well-known and much loved Biblical passages. Here are the Beatitudes in The Message (MSG) translation:
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