Editing Jesus Seminar (section)

===Example: the beatitudes===
The Jesus Seminar rated various [[beatitudes]] as red, pink, gray, and black.<ref name="Words"/>  Three beatitudes are judged to be "paradoxical" and are doubly attested. They are rated red (authentic) as they appear in Luke 6:20–21.<ref name="Words"/>

*"Congratulations, you poor! God's domain belongs to you."<ref name="Words"/>
*"Congratulations, you hungry! You will have a feast."<ref name="Words"/>
*"Congratulations, you who weep now! You will laugh."<ref name="Words"/>

The Seminar fellows decided the beatitude for those persecuted in Jesus' name might trace back to Jesus as a beatitude for those who suffer, but concluded that in its final form the saying represents concerns of the Christian community rather than Jesus' message. Thus it received a gray rating.<ref name="Words"/>

Matthew's version of the three authentic beatitudes were rated pink. The author has spiritualized two of them, so that they now refer to the poor "in spirit" and to those who hunger "and thirst for justice." Matthew also includes beatitudes for the meek, the merciful, the pure of heart, and peace-makers. These beatitudes have no second attestation, lack irony, and received a black rating.<ref name="Words"/>