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Matthew 5:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

7 Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.(A)
8 [a]Blessed are the clean of heart,(B)
    for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.

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  1. 5:8 Cf. Ps 24:4. Only one “whose heart is clean” can take part in the temple worship. To be with God in the temple is described in Ps 42:3 as “beholding his face,” but here the promise to the clean of heart is that they will see God not in the temple but in the coming kingdom.
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