Matthew 5:2
and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
In Context
3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Cross References
Job 3:1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
Matthew 13:35in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying: “I will open my mouth in parables. I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Acts 8:35Then Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from this Scripture, evangelized Jesus to him.
Acts 18:14Then, when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: “If this were some matter of injustice, or a wicked deed, O noble Jews, I would support you, as is proper.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:2-3
The Sermon on the Mount. 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, We have here a general account of this sermon. I. The Preacher was our Lord Jesus, the Prince of preachers, the great Prophet of his church, who came into the world, to be the Light of the world. The prophets and John had done virtuously in preaching, but Christ excelled them all. He is the eternal Wisdom, that lay in the bosom of… Read the whole commentary →