Jesus teaches his disciples
1 Jesus saw that crowds of people were following him. So he went up a hill and he sat down there to teach them. His disciples came near to listen to him. 2 He began to teach them. This is what he said:
3 ‘Happy are the people who know that they need God very much.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that.
5:3‘Happy’ here means that God takes care of people who are like this. They may not always feel happy, but they are in a good place, a happy place.
4 Happy are the people who are sad now.
God will come near to help them.
5 Happy are the people who are kind.
The whole earth will belong to them.
6 Happy are the people who want to obey God, as much as they need to eat food.
God will give them everything that they need.
