The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes (Douay-Rheims), as it appears in the edition cited below.

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The Beatitudes (Douay-Rheims)

The Beatitudes (Douay-Rheims), as it appears in the edition cited below.

English · The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, 1899Read twice, independently

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Douay-Rheims translators, revised by Richard Challoner. John Murphy Company, Baltimore, 1899. Published 1899, before 1929, US public domain. Source

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Las Bienaventuranzas (Reina-Valera 1909)

Las Bienaventuranzas (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.

Spanish · Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909, 1909Read twice, independently

Bienaventurados los pobres en espíritu: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos.
Bienaventurados los que lloran: porque ellos recibirán consolación.
Bienaventurados los mansos: porque ellos recibirán la tierra por heredad.
Bienaventurados los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia: porque ellos serán hartos.
Bienaventurados los misericordiosos: porque ellos alcanzarán misericordia.
Bienaventurados los de limpio corazón: porque ellos verán á Dios.
Bienaventurados los pacificadores: porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios.
Bienaventurados los que padecen persecución por causa de la justicia: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos.
Bienaventurados sois cuando os vituperaren y os persiguieren, y dijeren de vosotros todo mal por mi causa, mintiendo.
Gozaos y alegraos; porque vuestra merced es grande en los cielos: que así persiguieron á los profetas que fueron antes de vosotros.

Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision. 1909. Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. Later Reina-Valera revisions such as RVR1960 are in copyright and are not used here. Source

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