¹⁶ `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

²³ And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, `Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

²⁴ for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to him, `Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal `it' to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

¹⁸ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

⁶ because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

²⁹ Jesus saith to him, `Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed; happy those not having seen, and having believed.'

¹⁸ to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.

³ `Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

⁴ `Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

⁵ `Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

⁶ `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

⁷ `Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

⁸ `Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.

⁹ `Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.

¹⁰ `Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

¹¹ `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

²⁹ `Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

³⁰ because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,