"Mercy" in the Gospel of Matthew

6:12, 14-15 - Jesus' Teaching on Prayer
9:13, 12:7 - Mercy, Not Sacrifice
18:21-35 - The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

Plus, James 2:12-13 - Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

Matthew 5:7 Paraphrase...

“O the bliss of those who get right inside other people, until they can see with their eyes, think with their thoughts, feel with their feelings, for those who do that will find others do the same for them, and will know that that is what God in Jesus Christ has done!”

- William Barclay

We are all sinners in need of a Saviour.

James 2:10: For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Romans 3:23-24: …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

“The merciful are happy in a way the legalist can never understand.”

- The Bible Speaks Today Commentary, Michael Green