Matthew 5:2

And opening His mouth, He began to teach them, saying:

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

In Context

1And seeing the crowds, He went up into the mountain, and after He had sat down, His disciples approached Him.

3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:35so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 1 “ I will open My mouth in parables; 1 I will utter things having been hidden 1 from the foundation of the world.” 1 The Parable of the Tares Explained

Acts 8:35And Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached the good news about Jesus to him.

Acts 18:14And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If then it was some misdeed or wicked crime, O Jews, according to reason I would bear with you.

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 →

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