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Mat 5:6. Οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες, κ.τ.λ, who hunger and thirst, etc.) who feel that of themselves they have no righteousness by which they may approve themselves either to God or man, and eagerly long for it. Faith is here described, suitably to the beginning of the New Testament.-τὴν δικαιοσύνην, righteousness) Our Lord plainly declares Himself here to be the author of righteousness. That which is signified here is not the right (jus) of the human, but of the Divine tribunal. This verse is the centre of this passage, and the theme of the whole sermon. Our Lord does not say, Blessed are the righteous, as he presently says, Blessed are the merciful, etc.; but, Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Pure righteousness will become their portion in due time. (See 2Pe 3:13; Isa 60:21.)-χορτασθήσονται, they shall be filled) with righteousness; see Rom 14:17. This was the meat of Jesus himself: see Joh 4:34; cf. Mat 3:15. This satisfying fulness He proposes to His followers in the whole of this sermon, and promises and offers them in this very verse.