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description: "Christ's sermon upon the mount. The eight beatitudes. Matthew 5 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Matthew 5

Matthew 5 is chapter 5 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 48 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ's sermon upon the mount. The eight beatitudes.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 5 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then, seeing the crowds, he ascended the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples drew near to him,
2. and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
3. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.
5. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled.
6. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.
7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10. Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11. Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:
12. be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13. You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, with what will it be salted? It is no longer useful at all, except to be cast out and trampled under by men.
14. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
15. And they do not light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that it may shine to all who are in the house.
16. So then, let your light shine in the sight of men, so that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.
17. Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
18. Amen I say to you, certainly, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.
19. Therefore, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21. You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not murder; whoever will have murdered shall be liable to judgment.’
22. But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.
23. Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
24. leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.
25. Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are still on the way with him, lest perhaps the adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown in prison.
26. Amen I say to you, that you shall not go forth from there, until you have repaid the last quarter.
27. You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28. But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29. And if your right eye causes you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body be cast into Hell.
30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body go into Hell.
31. And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’
32. But I say to you, that anyone who will have dismissed his wife, except in the case of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever will have married her who has been dismissed commits adultery.
33. Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not swear falsely. For you shall repay your oaths to the Lord.’
34. But I say to you, do not swear an oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
35. nor by earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.
36. Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.
37. But let your word ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For anything beyond that is of evil.
38. You have heard that it was said: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
39. But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.
40. And anyone who wishes to contend with you in judgment, and to take away your tunic, release to him your cloak also.
41. And whoever will have compelled you for one thousand steps, go with him even for two thousand steps.
42. Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.
43. You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and you shall have hatred for your enemy.’
44. But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.
45. In this way, you shall be sons of your Father, who is in heaven. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust.
46. For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors behave this way?
47. And if you greet only your brothers, what more have you done? Do not even the pagans behave this way?
48. Therefore, be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

## Matthew 5 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Videns autem Jesus turbas, ascendit in montem, et cum sedisset, accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus,
2. et aperiens os suum docebat eos dicens:
3. Beati pauperes spiritu: quoniam ipsorum est regnum cælorum.
4. Beati mites: quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram.
5. Beati qui lugent: quoniam ipsi consolabuntur.
6. Beati qui esuriunt et sitiunt justitiam: quoniam ipsi saturabuntur.
7. Beati misericordes: quoniam ipsi misericordiam consequentur.
8. Beati mundo corde: quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt.
9. Beati pacifici: quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur.
10. Beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter justitiam: quoniam ipsorum est regnum cælorum.
11. Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis, et persecuti vos fuerint, et dixerint omne malum adversum vos mentientes, propter me:
12. gaudete, et exsultate, quoniam merces vestra copiosa est in cælis. Sic enim persecuti sunt prophetas, qui fuerunt ante vos.
13. Vos estis sal terræ. Quod si sal evanuerit, in quo salietur? ad nihilum valet ultra, nisi ut mittatur foras, et conculcetur ab hominibus.
14. Vos estis lux mundi. Non potest civitas abscondi supra montem posita,
15. neque accendunt lucernam, et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, ut luceat omnibus qui in domo sunt.
16. Sic luceat lux vestra coram hominibus: ut videant opera vestra bona, et glorificent Patrem vestrum, qui in cælis est.
17. Nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem aut prophetas: non veni solvere, sed adimplere.
18. Amen quippe dico vobis, donec transeat cælum et terra, jota unum aut unus apex non præteribit a lege, donec omnia fiant.
19. Qui ergo solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis, et docuerit sic homines, minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum: qui autem fecerit et docuerit, hic magnus vocabitur in regno cælorum.
20. Dico enim vobis, quia nisi abundaverit justitia vestra plus quam scribarum et pharisæorum, non intrabitis in regnum cælorum.
21. Audistis quia dictum est antiquis: Non occides: qui autem occiderit, reus erit judicio.
22. Ego autem dico vobis: quia omnis qui irascitur fratri suo, reus erit judicio. Qui autem dixerit fratri suo, raca: reus erit concilio. Qui autem dixerit, fatue: reus erit gehennæ ignis.
23. Si ergo offers munus tuum ad altare, et ibi recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te:
24. relinque ibi munus tuum ante altare, et vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo: et tunc veniens offeres munus tuum.
25. Esto consentiens adversario tuo cito dum es in via cum eo: ne forte tradat te adversarius judici, et judex tradat te ministro: et in carcerem mittaris.
26. Amen dico tibi, non exies inde, donec reddas novissimum quadrantem.
27. Audistis quia dictum est antiquis: Non mœchaberis.
28. Ego autem dico vobis: quia omnis qui viderit mulierem ad concupiscendum eam, jam mœchatus est eam in corde suo.
29. Quod si oculus tuus dexter scandalizat te, erue eum, et projice abs te: expedit enim tibi ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, quam totum corpus tuum mittatur in gehennam.
30. Et si dextra manus tua scandalizat te, abscide eam, et projice abs te: expedit enim tibi ut pereat unum membrorum tuorum, quam totum corpus tuum eat in gehennam.
31. Dictum est autem: Quicumque dimiserit uxorem suam, det ei libellum repudii.
32. Ego autem dico vobis: quia omnis qui dimiserit uxorem suam, excepta fornicationis causa, facit eam mœchari: et qui dimissam duxerit, adulterat.
33. Iterum audistis quia dictum est antiquis: Non perjurabis: reddes autem Domino juramenta tua.
34. Ego autem dico vobis, non jurare omnino, neque per cælum, quia thronus Dei est:
35. neque per terram, quia scabellum est pedum ejus: neque per Jerosolymam, quia civitas est magni regis:
36. neque per caput tuum juraveris, quia non potes unum capillum album facere, aut nigrum.
37. Sit autem sermo vester, est, est: non, non: quod autem his abundantius est, a malo est.
38. Audistis quia dictum est: Oculum pro oculo, et dentem pro dente.
39. Ego autem dico vobis, non resistere malo: sed si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, præbe illi et alteram:
40. et ei, qui vult tecum judicio contendere, et tunicam tuam tollere, dimitte ei et pallium:
41. et quicumque te angariaverit mille passus, vade cum illo et alia duo.
42. Qui petit a te, da ei: et volenti mutuari a te, ne avertaris.
43. Audistis quia dictum est: Diliges proximum tuum, et odio habebis inimicum tuum.
44. Ego autem dico vobis: diligite inimicos vestros, benefacite his qui oderunt vos, et orate pro persequentibus et calumniantibus vos:
45. ut sitis filii Patris vestri, qui in cælis est: qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos: et pluit super justos et injustos.
46. Si enim diligitis eos qui vos diligunt, quam mercedem habebitis? nonne et publicani hoc faciunt?
47. Et si salutaveritis fratres vestros tantum, quid amplius facitis? nonne et ethnici hoc faciunt?
48. Estote ergo vos perfecti, sicut et Pater vester cælestis perfectus est.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 581: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 764: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1454: The Acts of the Penitent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2763: At the Center of the Scriptures ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 544: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1716: The Beatitudes ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2546: Poverty of Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1720: Christian Beatitude ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2518: Purification of the Heart ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2305: Safeguarding Peace ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 520: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2153: Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2821: "Thy Kingdom Come" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 782: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1243: How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 326: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 577: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1967: The New Law or the Law of the Gospel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2053: The Ten Commandments ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 578: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1063: "Amen" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2054: The Ten Commandments ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2262: Respect for Human Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2302: Safeguarding Peace ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 678: To Judge the Living and the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1034: Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2262: Respect for Human Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2841: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2608: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2792: "Our" Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2845: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1424: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2336: "Male and Female He Created Them . . ." ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2380: Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1456: The Acts of the Penitent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 226: I Believe in God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2382: Offenses Against the Dignity of Marriage ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 581: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2153: Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2466: Living in the Truth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2338: The Vocation to Chastity ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2443: Love For the Poor ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1933: Respect For the Human Person ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2844: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2303: Safeguarding Peace ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1825: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1968: The New Law or the Law of the Gospel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2828: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2054: The Ten Commandments ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 443: The Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1693: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2013: Christian Holiness ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2842: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “To know God, we must ourselves become good.” — St. Peter Damian, Sermon on St. Andrew, c. 1060 (On this theme: verse 8)
- “Turn me over; I am done on this side.” — St. Lawrence, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 10)
- “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” — St. Catherine of Siena, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 14)
- “Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing but live otherwise.” — St. Charles Borromeo, Address to his clergy, 1584 (On this theme: verse 16)
- “No one heals himself by wounding another.” — St. Ambrose, Duties of the Clergy, I.20, c. 391 (On this theme: verse 44)
- “I forgive Alessandro, and I want him with me in heaven forever.” — St. Maria Goretti, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 44)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 3: “The poor in spirit” … That is, the humble; and they whose spirit is not set upon riches.
- Verse 17: “To fulfill” … By accomplishing all the figures and prophecies; and perfecting all that was imperfect.
- Verse 18: “Amen” … That is, assuredly of a truth. This Hebrew word, amen, is here retained by the example and authority of all the four Evangelists. It is used by our Lord as a strong asseveration, and affirmation of the truth.
- Verse 20: The scribes were the doctors of the law of Moses: the Pharisees were a precise set of men, making profession of a more exact observance of the law: and upon that account greatly esteemed among the people.
- Verse 21: That is, shall deserve to be punished by that lesser tribunal among the Jews, called the Judgment, which took cognizance of such crimes.
- Verse 22: A word expressing great indignation or contempt. Shall be in danger of the council ... That is, shall deserve to be punished by the highest court of judicature, called the Council, or Sanhedrim, consisting of seventy-two persons, where the highest causes were tried and judged, which was at Jerusalem.
- Verse 22: This was then looked upon as a heinous injury, when uttered with contempt, spite, or malice: and therefore is here so severely condemned. Shall be in danger of hell fire-- literally, according to the Greek, shall deserve to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. Which words our Saviour made use of to express the fire and punishments of hell.
- Verse 29: That is, if it be a stumblingblock, or occasion of sin to thee. By which we are taught to fly the immediate occasions of sin, though they be as dear to us, or as necessary as a hand or an eye.
- Verse 34: It is not forbid to swear in truth, justice and judgment; to the honour of God, or our own or neighbour's just defence: but only to swear rashly, or profanely, in common discourse, and without necessity.
- Verse 39: What is here commanded, is a Christian patience under injuries and affronts, and to be willing even to suffer still more, rather than to indulge the desire of revenge: but what is further added does not strictly oblige according to the letter, for neither did Christ nor St. Paul turn the other cheek. St. John 18., and Acts 23.
- Verse 46: These were the gatherers of the public taxes: a set of men, odious and infamous among the Jews, for their extortions and injustice.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 1, 2026: All Saints — Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12a
- Fri, Feb 19, 2027: Friday of the First Week of Lent — Gospel, Matthew 5:20-26
- Sat, Feb 20, 2027: Saturday of the First Week of Lent — Gospel, Matthew 5:43-48
- Wed, Mar 3, 2027: Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent — Gospel, Matthew 5:17-19

37 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).