{"id":3452,"date":"2023-02-11T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2023-02-11T23:33:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T23:33:04","slug":"family-bible-study-blessed-are-those","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"Family Bible Study-Blessed are Those&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Welcome To St. Bartholomew\u2019s Family Bible Study\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Matthew 5:1-12<\/p>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-1\">Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-23237\" class=\"text Matt-5-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>and he began to teach them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"first-line-none\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-2\">He said:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23238\" class=\"text Matt-5-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit, f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-3\"><span class=\"woj\">or theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23239\" class=\"text Matt-5-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are those who mourn, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-4\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be comforted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23240\" class=\"text Matt-5-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are the meek, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-5\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will inherit the earth.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23241\" class=\"text Matt-5-6\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-6\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be filled.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23242\" class=\"text Matt-5-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are the merciful, f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-7\"><span class=\"woj\">or they will be shown mercy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23243\" class=\"text Matt-5-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are the pure in heart, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-8\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will see God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23244\" class=\"text Matt-5-9\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are the peacemakers, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-9\"><span class=\"woj\">for they will be called children of God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23245\" class=\"text Matt-5-10\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Matt-5-10\"><span class=\"woj\">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"top-05\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23246\" class=\"text Matt-5-11\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBlessed are you when people insult you,\u00a0persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-23247\" class=\"text Matt-5-12\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>Rejoice and be glad,\u00a0because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Question for family conversation-\u00a0 \u00a0 Why do you think that Jesus considered these people blessed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Have Some Fun!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beatitudes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3426 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beatitudes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beatitudes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Beatitudes.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beatitudes-.pdf\">Beatitudes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crossword0002.pdf\">Crossword0002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Wordfind.pdf\">Wordfind<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome To St. Bartholomew\u2019s Family Bible Study\u00a0 Matthew 5:1-12 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,\u00a02\u00a0and he began to teach them. He said: 3\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the poor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=3452\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-save-the-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}