4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. …
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; …
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. …
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-12)Christ begins his sermon with blessings, for he came into the world to bless us (Acts 3:26), as the great High Priest of our profession ; as the blessed Melchizedec ; as He in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed , Gen. 12:3. He came not only to purchase blessings for us, but to pour out and pronounce blessings on us; and here he does it as one having authority , as one that can co…
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