Read the passage

Matthew 5:4

World English Bible

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

In the King James Version

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

What was happening around this

Jesus addresses the crowds and his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount, in a run of sayings about who is called blessed.

Where this comes up

Bible verses for the loss of a parent
One passage for the death of a mother or father, the part of the psalm it belongs to, why Romans 8:28 lands badly this early, and what the bereaved say.
Short Bible verses for grief
Six short passages, each one whole rather than trimmed, with what is around it. Includes the two that are usually cut in a way that changes what they say.