Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 5:7-8

"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." — Matthew 5:7-8 (ASV)

For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

There is such a connection between purity of heart and purity of understanding that the man whose eye is clarified by holiness shall see God.

For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart.

It is a most blessed attainment to have such a longing for purity as to love everything that is chaste and holy, and to abhor everything that is questionable and unhallowed: blessed are the pure in heart.