Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 NIV
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Just having an awareness of God’s mercy and compassion for us
is a great motivation for us to be merciful and compassionate
to other people and to take steps toward encountering God.
Jonathan Morris
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They are blessed who show mercy to others,
for God will show mercy to them.
Matthew 5:7 New Century Version
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Let us be renewed by God’s mercy …
and let us become agents of this mercy,
channels through which God can water the earth,
protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.
Pope Francis
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“Happy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7 Common English Bible
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Show mercy.
No soul ever was made poor by loving too much,
or injured by forgiving too often.
Catherine Bramwell-Booth
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“Blessed [content, sheltered by God’s promises] are the merciful,
for they will receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7 Amplified Bible
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The point of justice and mercy anyway is not ‘they deserve it’
but ‘this is the way God’s world should be’,
and we are called to do those things that truly anticipate
the way God’s world WILL be.
N. T. Wright
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Happy are the people who help other people and who forgive them.
God will forgive people like that.
Matthew 5:7 Easy English Bible
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Lord, I am in this world to show Your mercy to others …
For my part I will glorify You by making known how good You are to sinners,
that Your mercy is boundless.
Claude de la Colombiere