THE BEATITUDES Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Jesus reached out to others. He healed the sick, healed the lame to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. He raised the dead and on and on goes the list. The message in Matthew 5:7-9 When we show mercy to another person it doesn’t necessarily mean that the other person will show mercy to us. The Lord Jesus Christ was merciful, but some of the Romans and Jews worked together to kill Him. The reality is mercy is not a human quality or characteristic.