Matthew 5
The chapter in full, then the passages inside it that are worth stopping on — what each one claims, what the Greek or Hebrew shows, and how the reading is arrived at.
Matthew 5 WEB
- 1 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
- 2 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
- 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
- 5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
- 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
- 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 children of God.
- 10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- 12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
- 13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
- 14 "You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
- 15 Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
- 16 Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- 17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
- 18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
- 19 Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.'
- 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- 23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
- 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
- 25 Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
- 26 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
- 27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'
- 28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
- 30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
- 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
- 32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
- 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
- 34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
- 35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- 36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
- 37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
- 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'
- 39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
- 40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
- 41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
- 42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
- 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
- 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- 45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
- 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
- 47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
- 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5 opens the Sermon on the Mount, the first and longest block of Jesus' teaching in this Gospel, delivered on a mountainside to disciples who have already left nets and fathers behind (4:20–22) and to crowds drawn by his healing (4:23–25). It is not a code of civic law but instruction for those who have already decided to follow — an account of what the kingdom of heaven, already announced (4:17), actually looks like in a human life. The chapter runs from the Beatitudes through six contrasts with received teaching to the command to be "perfect" — and it does not get easier as it goes.
5:3-12 Blessed are the poor in spirit
Nine declarations, each opening with makarios — not primarily an emotional state ("happy") but a pronouncement of favored standing, the kind of word used to bless a wedding guest, here turned toward mourners, the meek, and the persecuted. "Poor in spirit" (ptōchoi tō pneumati, 5:3) is not economic poverty alone, nor mere humility of feeling; it names those with nothing to bring, no leverage before God — the condition Isaiah describes as the one to whom God "will look," "he who is poor and of a contrite spirit" (Isaiah 66:2), and Proverbs as the "lowly spirit" that "gains honor" (Proverbs 29:23). Luke's version blesses simply "the poor" (Luke 6:20); Matthew's qualifier has occasioned real debate — whether Matthew is spiritualizing away Luke's harder economic claim, or whether both evangelists preserve authentic strands of the same sermon addressed to different needs. Neither reading licenses treating poverty of spirit as a technique for spiritual advancement; the mourning in 5:4 is real grief answered by real comfort (compare Psalm 34:18, "Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart"), not sadness performed for reward. The list ends where it will recur in the chapter: those persecuted "for righteousness' sake" (5:10) and "for my sake" (5:11) hold the same blessing as the prophets before them (5:12) — this is not a promise of comfort now but of vindication, set explicitly "in heaven."
5:13-16 You are the salt of the earth... the light of the world
Two images, one warning built into each. Salt (halas) that has "lost its flavor" — literally mōrainō, been made foolish, the same root as "moron" — is good for nothing but the road. Ancient salt, mined with mineral impurities, could in fact go inert while looking like salt; the image is not hypothetical decoration but a real hazard, and the force of the warning is that identity without effect is not preserved identity at all. Light works the same way from the other direction: a city on a hill (5:14) and a lamp on a stand (5:15) are not commanded to shine — they simply do, by what they are, unless someone deliberately hides them. The imperative in 5:16, "let your light shine," assumes this: visible good works are not self-promotion but the ordinary, unavoidable consequence of what discipleship already is, aimed not at human admiration but at the Father's glory.
5:17-20 Not one letter, not one stroke
Jesus states plainly that he has not come "to destroy the law or the prophets" but "to fulfill" (plērōsai, 5:17) — a claim that governs everything after it. The "smallest letter" is likely the Hebrew yod; the "tiny pen stroke" (keraia) a decorative flourish distinguishing similar letters — the equivalent of insisting no serif be dropped. The hard question is what "fulfill" means when the very next section appears to revise several commandments. The historic reading, and the one the chapter's own logic supports, is that Jesus is not annulling the law but bringing it to its intended completion — pressing it past external compliance to the heart condition it always aimed at, which is why 5:20 demands a righteousness that "exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees." This is not the loosening of the law some readers expect from a teacher about to be less strict than the Pharisees; it is the reverse. What follows in 5:21–48 will not relax the commandments but radicalize them.
5:21-30 You have heard... but I say to you
The first two of six antitheses. "You shall not murder" (5:21) is pressed back to anger and contempt held in the heart (5:22) — "Raca" (an Aramaic term of contempt) and "You fool" carry escalating liability, up to "the fire of Gehenna," the valley outside Jerusalem used as a byword for final judgment. The reconciliation instruction that follows (5:23–26) is concrete, not sentimental: settle with a brother before the altar, settle with a creditor before the courtroom, because unaddressed grievance has consequences that compound. "You shall not commit adultery" (5:27) is likewise pressed to the look that intends possession (5:28) — not every glance, but epithymēsai, lust as a settled aim. The counsel to gouge out an eye or cut off a hand (5:29–30) is deliberately extreme rather than a literal surgical instruction; no one in the tradition has read it as license for self-mutilation. It is hyperbole in the service of a serious point: whatever leads reliably into sin is to be dealt with as decisively as amputation would be dealt with to save a life.
5:38-48 Love your enemies
The last two antitheses press furthest. "An eye for an eye" (5:38, quoting the lex talionis) governed judicial proportionality, not personal vengeance — but Jesus forbids retaliation even at the personal level: turning the other cheek, surrendering the cloak as well as the coat, going the second mile with one who compels the first (5:39–41). These are pictures of refusing to answer force with force, not a blanket prohibition on courts, self-defense, or resistance to injustice as such — the church has long distinguished this personal ethic from the state's separate obligation to restrain evil, though how far that distinction extends has been argued since the early centuries. The command to "love your enemies" (5:44) is the hardest line in the chapter and the least negotiable: grounded not in sentiment but in the character of the Father, "who makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good" (5:45). Loving those who love back is what "tax collectors" and the irreligious already do (5:46–47) without needing any revelation to teach them. The chapter's close, "you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect" (5:48) — teleios, complete or whole rather than flawless in every particular act — sets the target for everything the Sermon has said: not incremental moral improvement but a wholeness of character measured against God himself.
What the chapter asks
Matthew 5 does not offer a religion of external compliance improved at the margins. It asks whether righteousness has reached the heart — the anger before the murder, the look before the act, the grudge before the lawsuit — and it names as blessed precisely those who have nothing to bring but need, grief, and hunger for a rightness they cannot manufacture. The standard set at the end, "perfect... as your Father... is perfect," is not proposed as achievable by effort; it stands as the measure the rest of the Gospel will show Christ himself meeting on behalf of those who cannot.
The verses this turns on
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.
- Μακάριοι μακάριος adjective · nominative plural masculine G3107
- οἱ ὁ article · nominative plural masculine G3588
- πτωχοὶ πτωχός adjective · nominative plural masculine G4434
- τῷ ὁ article · dative singular neuter G3588
- πνεύματι, πνεῦμα noun · dative singular neuter G4151
- ὅτι ὅτι conjunction G3754
- αὐτῶν αὐτός personal pronoun · genitive plural masculine G846
- ἐστιν εἰμί verb · present active indicative, 3rd person singular G1510
- ἡ ὁ article · nominative singular feminine G3588
- βασιλεία βασιλεία noun · nominative singular feminine G932
- τῶν ὁ article · genitive plural masculine G3588
- οὐρανῶν. οὐρανός noun · genitive plural masculine G3772
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Isaiah 66:2 For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
- Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
- Psalm 34:18 Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
- Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.
- μακάριοι μακάριος adjective · nominative plural masculine G3107
- οἱ ὁ article · nominative plural masculine G3588
- πενθοῦντες, πενθέω verb · present active participle, nominative plural masculine G3996
- ὅτι ὅτι conjunction G3754
- αὐτοὶ αὐτός personal pronoun · nominative plural masculine G846
- παρακληθήσονται. παρακαλέω verb · future passive indicative, 3rd person plural G3870
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
- Isaiah 61:2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
- John 16:20 Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- Psalm 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.
- μακάριοι μακάριος adjective · nominative plural masculine G3107
- οἱ ὁ article · nominative plural masculine G3588
- δεδιωγμένοι διώκω verb · perfect passive participle, nominative plural masculine G1377
- ἕνεκεν ἕνεκα preposition G1752
- δικαιοσύνης, δικαιοσύνη noun · genitive singular feminine G1343
- ὅτι ὅτι conjunction G3754
- αὐτῶν αὐτός personal pronoun · genitive plural masculine G846
- ἐστιν εἰμί verb · present active indicative, 3rd person singular G1510
- ἡ ὁ article · nominative singular feminine G3588
- βασιλεία βασιλεία noun · nominative singular feminine G932
- τῶν ὁ article · genitive plural masculine G3588
- οὐρανῶν. οὐρανός noun · genitive plural masculine G3772
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- James 1:12 Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
- 1 Peter 3:13 Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
- Matthew 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
μακάριοί ἐστε ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ διώξωσιν καὶ εἴπωσιν πᾶν πονηρὸν καθ’ ὑμῶν ψευδόμενοι ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ.
- μακάριοί μακάριος adjective · nominative plural masculine G3107
- ἐστε εἰμί verb · present active indicative, 2nd person plural G1510
- ὅταν ὅταν conjunction G3752
- ὀνειδίσωσιν ὀνειδίζω verb · aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural G3679
- ὑμᾶς σύ personal pronoun G4771
- καὶ καί conjunction G2532
- διώξωσιν διώκω verb · aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural G1377
- καὶ καί conjunction G2532
- εἴπωσιν λέγω verb · aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural G3004
- πᾶν πᾶς adjective · accusative singular neuter G3956
- πονηρὸν πονηρός adjective · accusative singular neuter G4190
- καθ’ κατά preposition G2596
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
- Luke 21:17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
- Mark 13:13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
- Matthew 24:9 "Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
- Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
χαίρετε καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὅτι ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· οὕτως γὰρ ἐδίωξαν τοὺς προφήτας τοὺς πρὸ ὑμῶν.
- χαίρετε χαίρω verb · present active imperative, 2nd person plural G5463
- καὶ καί conjunction G2532
- ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ἀγαλλιάω verb · present middle or passive deponent imperative, 2nd person plural G21
- ὅτι ὅτι conjunction G3754
- ὁ ὁ article · nominative singular masculine G3588
- μισθὸς μισθός noun · nominative singular masculine G3408
- ὑμῶν σύ personal pronoun G4771
- πολὺς πολύς adjective · nominative singular masculine G4183
- ἐν ἐν preposition G1722
- τοῖς ὁ article · dative plural masculine G3588
- οὐρανοῖς· οὐρανός noun · dative plural masculine G3772
- οὕτως οὕτω adverb G3779
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
- James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
- Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
- 1 Peter 4:13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
- Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly,
"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς· ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ, ἐν τίνι ἁλισθήσεται; εἰς οὐδὲν ἰσχύει ἔτι εἰ μὴ βληθὲν ἔξω καταπατεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
- Ὑμεῖς σύ personal pronoun G4771
- ἐστε εἰμί verb · present active indicative, 2nd person plural G1510
- τὸ ὁ article · nominative singular neuter G3588
- ἅλας ἅλας noun · nominative singular neuter G217
- τῆς ὁ article · genitive singular feminine G3588
- γῆς· γῆ noun · genitive singular feminine G1093
- ἐὰν ἐάν conditional G1437
- δὲ δέ conjunction G1161
- τὸ ὁ article · nominative singular neuter G3588
- ἅλας ἅλας noun · nominative singular neuter G217
- μωρανθῇ, μωραίνω verb · aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular G3471
- ἐν ἐν preposition G1722
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- Luke 14:34 "Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
- Mark 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
- Leviticus 2:13 Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
- Hebrews 6:4 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη·
- Ὑμεῖς σύ personal pronoun G4771
- ἐστε εἰμί verb · present active indicative, 2nd person plural G1510
- τὸ ὁ article · nominative singular neuter G3588
- φῶς φῶς noun · nominative singular neuter G5457
- τοῦ ὁ article · genitive singular masculine G3588
- κόσμου. κόσμος noun · genitive singular masculine G2889
- οὐ οὐ particle · nominative G3756
- δύναται δύναμαι verb · present middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular G1410
- πόλις πόλις noun · nominative singular feminine G4172
- κρυβῆναι κρύπτω verb · aorist passive infinitive G2928
- ἐπάνω ἐπάνω adverb G1883
- ὄρους ὄρος noun · genitive singular neuter G3735
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Philippians 2:15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
- John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
- Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 You are all children of light and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
- Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.discussed above
Greek Nestle 1904
οὐδὲ καίουσιν λύχνον καὶ τιθέασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ.
- οὐδὲ οὐδέ conjunction · nominative G3761
- καίουσιν καίω verb · present active indicative, 3rd person plural G2545
- λύχνον λύχνος noun · accusative singular masculine G3088
- καὶ καί conjunction G2532
- τιθέασιν τίθημι verb · present active indicative, 3rd person plural G5087
- αὐτὸν αὐτός personal pronoun · accusative singular masculine G846
- ὑπὸ ὑπό preposition G5259
- τὸν ὁ article · accusative singular masculine G3588
- μόδιον, μόδιος noun · accusative singular masculine G3426
- ἀλλ’ ἀλλά conjunction G235
- ἐπὶ ἐπί preposition G1909
- τὴν ὁ article · accusative singular feminine G3588
Punctuation is editorial — the manuscripts carry none.
See also 5
- Luke 11:33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
- Mark 4:21 He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
- Luke 8:16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
- Numbers 8:2 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.'"
- Exodus 25:37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
From the interpretive tradition
The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked.
He said not: Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be afflicted; but He said: Thou shalt not be overcome.