Matthew 5:3

World English Bible (2000)

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι: ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Transliteration

Makarioi the ptōchoi in the pneumati: hoti of-them estin the basileia of-the ouranōn.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - blessed/happy
• *ptōchoi*: nominative masculine plural - poor/destitute
• *pneumati*: dative neuter singular - in spirit
• *hoti*: conjunction - because/for
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative feminine singular - kingdom/reign
• *ouranōn*: genitive masculine plural - of heavens

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *ptōchoi*: poor/destitute/beggarly
• *pneumati*: spirit/breath/wind
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies

Referenced Verses

• Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
• Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Ps 34:18 : 18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
• Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
• Prov 16:19 : 19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
• Matt 18:1-3 : 1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" 2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you," says Yahweh.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Matt 5:3-9 : 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Luke 6:20-26 : 20 He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets. 24 "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. 25 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
• Lev 26:41-42 : 41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity; 42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
• Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
• Ps 32:1-2 : 1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
• Ps 41:1 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
• Ps 119:1-2 : 1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh's law. 2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
• Ps 84:12 : 12 Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
• Prov 8:32 : 32 "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
• Mark 10:14 : 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
• Rom 4:6-9 : 6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works, 7 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin." 9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
• Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
• Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
• John 20:29 : 29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."
• Luke 4:18 : 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
• Jas 4:9-9 : 9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
• Rev 19:9 : 9 He said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" He said to me, "These are true words of God."
• Matt 13:16 : 16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
• Matt 24:46 : 46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
• Matt 8:11 : 11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
• Matt 11:6 : 6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
• Matt 3:2 : 2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.
• Ps 128:1 : 1 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
• Dan 5:21-22 : 21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will. 22 You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,