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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5
  3 aBlessed are the bpoor in spirit: for theirs is the ckingdom of heaven.

Footnotes
3a
The Latin beatus is the basis of the English ‘beatitude,’ meaning ‘to be fortunate,’ ‘to be happy,’ or ‘to be blessed.’
TG Blessings.
b
IE poor in pride, humble in spirit.
3 Ne. 12: 3 reads ‘ . . . the poor in spirit who come unto me.’
  3 Yea, blessed are the apoor in spirit who bcome unto me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
James 2: 5 (1-9).
  5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the apoor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
D&C 56: 18 (18-20).
  18 But blessed are the apoor who are pure in heart, whose hearts are broken, and whose spirits are bcontrite, for they shall see the ckingdom of God coming in power and great glory unto their deliverance; for the fatness of the dearth shall be theirs.
D&C 88: 17.
  17 And the redemption of the soul is through him that aquickeneth all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the bpoor and the cmeek of the dearth shall inherit it.
TG Contrite Heart.
TG Humility.
TG Poor in Spirit.
c
TG Kingdom of God, in Heaven.
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