8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. …
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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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