Matthew 5:3
Douay-Rheims
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
John Chrysostom (attributed)
Blessed are the poor in spirita, or, according to the literal rendering of the Greek, ‘they who beg,’ that the humble may learn that they should be ever begging at God’s almshouse. For there are many naturally humble and not of faith, who do not knock at God’s almshouse; but they alone are humble who are so of faith.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.