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Matthew 5:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Role in This Section
Blesses those persecuted for righteousness and assigns them heaven's kingdom.
Read It With
- Matthew 5:1–5:12
Read Matthew 5:10 with 5:1–5:12. In isolation, this verse's contribution—blesses those persecuted for righteousness and assigns them heaven's kingdom—can be detached from its speaker, audience, narrative or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus sits before disciples and crowds and blesses the poor in spirit, mourners, meek, hungry for righteousness, merciful, pure, peacemakers, and persecuted faithful.
Read Matthew 5:3–12 together
Why these verses belong together: The blessings accumulate as one kingdom portrait; no single condition is an isolated technique for earning favor.
Verse 3. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Verse 4. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Verse 5. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Verse 6. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Verse 7. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Verse 8. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Verse 9. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Verse 10. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Verse 11. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Verse 12. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Continue in Context
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Read Matthew 5:1–5:12 — The Beatitudes name kingdom blessingSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 5:1–5:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 5:1–5:12
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