Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”
- Date
- 1611
- Local voice
- Reported speaker · Jesus
- English wording
- King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
Meaning of “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain…”
Mercy is presented as a virtue that shapes both how a person treats others and the kind of moral world that person hopes to inhabit.
Where does it come from?
Matthew 5:7 in the King James Version.
Why the local voice matters
Matthew 5:7 in the King James Version preserves this wording as reported speech. The biblical passage remains the textual source while Jesus is stored as the local reported speaker.
