Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.(A) Not many of you were wise(B) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

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27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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27 But God chose(A) the foolish(B) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

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28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

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28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(A)—to nullify the things that are,

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