The Sermon on the Mount
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6 · Berean Standard Bible
Blessed are those who desperately want what's right, like someone starving for food or dying of thirst. If that's you, Jesus promises you'll be completely satisfied.
This isn't about casual interest in goodness. It's about a deep, aching hunger for things to be made right. God honors that kind of desire.
Jesus continues the Beatitudes.
If you've ever looked at the brokenness of the world and felt a deep ache for it to be fixed, Jesus says: that hunger will be satisfied.
Hungering and thirsting (peinontes kai dipsontes) for righteousness (dikaiosynen) uses physical desperation as a metaphor for spiritual longing. The promise 'they will be filled' (chortasthesontai, satisfied as with a full meal) assures complete satisfaction.
Dikaiosyne in Matthew encompasses both personal moral righteousness and God's saving justice. Those who ache for the world to be set right will see their longing fulfilled.
Jesus, continuing the Beatitudes.
This Beatitude addresses the deepest human longing: for a world where everything is finally right. Jesus promises that longing will be satisfied.
4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
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