BLESSED ARE THE POOR WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SPIRITUAL POVERTY, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO THEM; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WEEP, FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL BE COMFORTED; BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, FOR THEY WILL INHERIT THE EARTH; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR JUSTICE, FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL BE SATISFIED; BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, FOR IT IS TO THEM THAT MERCY WILL BE DONE; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PURE OF HEART, FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL SEE GOD; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BRING PEACE, FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL BE CALLED SONS OF GOD; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS THEIRS. YOU ARE BLESSED WHEN YOU ARE INSULTED, AND PERSECUTED, AND WHEN ALL KINDS OF EVIL ARE SAID AGAINST YOU, LYING, FOR MY SAKE.