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In the Christian Church the Gospel of Matthew has been considered the most important portrait of Jesus' life and message. Containing Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and a uniquely rich collection of parables, among many other things, Matthew has made a major contribution to the church throughout the centuries, and it still has much to say to the church today. This superb commentary in the Pillar...

intense longing, the seekers do not fill themselves with righteousness, but are filled; righteousness is a gift of God. 7. The first four beatitudes express in one way or another our dependence on God; the next three the outworking of that dependence. This beatitude is relatively straightforward: people who show mercy on others will themselves be the recipients of mercy. The adjective for merciful (found elsewhere in the New Testament only in Heb. 2:17) means those whose bent is to show mercy, not
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