This is of course better than simply waving the Beatitudes away, but is still extremely strained reading of a clear passage. It is true that some rewards of heavenly life are mentioned as well, but the undeerlying theme is that these who possess these virtues will "enter heaven", "possess" it, "obtain mercy". Christ is speaking of salvation in vv 3-10. Only verses 11 and 12 speak of a special reward for the martyrs. This is consistent with the Catholic theology; completely inconsistent with the Sola Fide fantasy.
the evidence that it is not a works salvation is the question the blessed asks (in Matthew 25), "when did we do...". the good works they do are the fruit of the new nature in Christ Jesus not the cause of it. It is something they naturally do because of the grace given to them in Christ Jesus.
But you forget that the condemned also ask a similar question. The differentiation is very clear: those who did the works of charity go to heaven, those who did not, go to hell.
Ephesians 2:7-10
Does not say what you want it to say. It says that works done for social recognition are not salvific; and that good works are ordained by God. It says exactly what the Church teaches: that good works done in humility in recognition of the will of God are necessary for salvation.
*That is all that Matthew 25 is about, but, that sola scriptura thingy is forgotten