Matthew 5:5 became submissive, but certainly not spineless. They embodied power under control, strength with forbearance. As one of the most famous of Beatitudes, "the meek shall inherit the earth" has appeared many times in works of art and popular culture: Matthew 5:5 Matthew 5:5 is the fifth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It is the third verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and also third of what are known as the Beatitudes. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Sermon on the Plain a throng of people had gathered. After curing those with "unclean spirits" (see also demonic possession), Jesus began what is now called the Sermon on the Plain. Notable messages in the Sermon include: In after Jesus had said everything he had to say to the crowd, he went to Capernaum, which in Lukan chronology he had not visited since . Sermon on the Plain In Christianity, the Sermon on the Plain refers to a set of teachings by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, in . This sermon may be compared to the longer Sermon on the Mount in the