The Seventh Beatitude, Blessed Are the Peacemakers

There is a contrast here between true purity, which is inward, and mere outward purity. The scribes and the pharisees appear beautiful on the outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and uncleanness. And this theme is important within jesus teaching in the sermon on the mount those who forgive will be forgiven. Those who are merciful, will obtain mercy. They seek god's will on and those who do so will face persecution in an unjust society. In chapters 23 and 25, there are associations between the disciples and the prophets. You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. This is the calling that was given to is