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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
The Beatitudes Mt 5:1–12
(Lk 6:20)
On
seeing
the
crowds
of
people,
Jesus
went
up
the
hill
and
when
he
had
taken
his
seat,
his
disciples
came
up
to
him,
and
he began to teach them, saying:
Blessed
are
the
poor
in
spirit,
for
theirs
is
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Blessed
are the mourners, for they will be comforted.
Blessed
are the gentle, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed
are
those
who
hunger
and
thirst
for
righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed
are the merciful, for they will find mercy.
Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed
are
the
peacemakers,
for
they
will
be
called
children
of God.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of
righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed
are
you
when
people
insult
you,
and
persecute
you,
and
say
all
kinds
of
evil
lies
about
you
because
of
me.
Be
glad
and
rejoice,
because
your
reward
in
heaven
will
be
great;
this
is the way they persecuted the prophets who lived before you.
Salt
Mt 5:13
(Mk 9:49, Lk 14:34)
You
are
the
Salt
of
the
Earth.
But
if
salt
becomes
tasteless,
how
can
it
be
made
salty
again?
It
is
no
longer
good
for
anything, but is thrown away and trampled underfoot.
Light
of the World Mt 5:14
It
is
you
who
are
the
light
of
the
world.
A
town
that
stands
on
a hill cannot be hidden.
The Lamp
Mt 5:15–16
(Lk 11:33)
(Mk 4:21, Lk 8:16)
People
do
not
light
a
lamp
and
put
it
under
a
basket,
but
on
the
lamp-stand,
where
it
gives
light
to
everyone
in
the
house.
Let
your
light
so
shine
before
the
eyes
of
others
so
that,
seeing
your
good
actions,
they
will
praise
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Fulfilment of the Law Mt 5:17–18
(Lk 16:16)
Do
not
think
that
I
have
come
to
do
away
with
the
Law
or
the
prophets.
I
have
not
come
to
do
away
with
them,
but
to
complete
them.
For
I
tell
you,
until
the
heavens
and
the
earth
disappear,
not
even
the
smallest
letter,
not
one
stroke
of
a
letter will disappear from the Law until all is done.
The Commandments
Mt 5:19–20
Whoever
therefore,
breaks
one
of
these
commandments,
even
the
least
of
them,
and
teaches
others
to
do
so,
will
be
the
least
esteemed
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
But
whoever
keeps
them,
and
teaches
others
to
do
so,
will
be
esteemed
great
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Indeed,
I
tell
you
that,
unless
you
obey
God’s
commands
better
than
of
the
teachers
of
the
Law
and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Reconciliation Mt 5:21–24
You
have
heard
that
to
our
ancestors
it
was
said:
You
must
not
commit
murder,
and
Whoever
commits
murder
will
be
brought
to
trial
.
But
I
say
to
you
that
anyone
who
is
angry
at
their
brother
or
sister
will
be
brought
to
trial.
And
whoever
insults
their
brother
or
sister
will
be
brought
before
the
High
Council,
while
whoever
calls
them
a
fool
will
be
in
danger
of
the
fires
of
Gehenna.
Therefore,
when
presenting
your
gift
at
the
altar,
if
even
there
you
remember
that
your
brother
or
sister
has
something
against
you,
leave
your
gift
there
before
the
altar
and
go
and
be
reconciled
to
them
first.
Then
come
and
present your gift.
Opponents Mt 5:25–26
(Lk 12:57)
Be
ready
to
make
friends
with
your
opponent,
even
when
you
meet
them
on
your
way
to
the
court.
Otherwise,
they
might
hand
you
over
to
the
judge,
and
the
judge
to
the
judicial
officer,
and
you
will
be
thrown
into
prison.
I
tell
you;
you
will
not come out until you have paid the last cent.
Adultery Mt 5:27–28
You
have
heard
that
it
was
said:
You
must
not
commit
adultery
.
But
I
say
to
you
that
anyone
who
looks
at
a
woman
and
desires
her
has
already
committed
adultery
with
her
in
his
heart.
A
Warning Against Sin¹ Mt 5:29–30
(Mt 18:8, Mk 9:43)
If
your
right
eye
causes
you
to
sin,
take
it
out
and
throw
it
away.
It
would
be
best
for
you
to
lose
one
part
of
your
body,
and
not
to
have
the
whole
of
it
thrown
into
Gehenna.
And
if
your
right
hand
causes
you
to
sin,
cut
it
off
and
throw
it
away.
It
would
be
best
for
you
to
lose
one
part
of
your
body,
and
not
to have the whole of it go down to Gehenna.
Divorce and Adultery¹ Mt 5:31–32
(Lk 16:18)
(Mt 19:9, Mk 10:10)
It
was
also
said:
Let
anyone
who
divorces
his
wife
serve
her
with
a
notice
of
separation
.
But
I
say
to
you
that
anyone
who
divorces
his
wife,
except
on
the
ground
of
some
serious
sexual
sin,
leads
to
her
committing
adultery.
While
anyone
who
marries
her after her divorce is guilty of adultery.
Do Not Swear Mt 5:33–37
Again,
you
have
heard
that
our
ancestors
were
told:
Do
not
break
your
oaths,
keep
your
vows
to
the
Lord
.
But
I
say
to
you
that
you
must
not
swear
at
all,
either
by
heaven,
since
that
is
God’s
throne,
or
by
the
earth,
since
that
is
his
footstool,
or
by
Jerusalem,
since
that
is
the
city
of
the
Great
King.
Nor
should
you
swear
by
your
head,
since
you
cannot
make
a
single
hair
either
white
or
black.
Let
your
words
be
simply,
Yes
or
No.
Anything beyond this comes from what is evil.
Turn the Other Cheek Mt 5:38–39
(Lk 6:29a)
You
have
heard
that
it
was
said:
An
eye
for
an
eye
and
a
tooth
for
a
tooth
.
But
I
say
to
you,
that
you
must
not
resist
those
who
wrong
you;
but,
if
anyone
strikes
you
on
the
right
cheek,
turn the other to them also.
Give Your Cloak Also Mt 5:40
(Lk 6:29b)
If
someone
sues
you
for
your
shirt,
let
them
have
your
cloak
as
well.
Go the Extra Mile Mt 5:41
If
you
are
forced
to
carry
a
soldier’s
pack
for
one
mile,
carry
it
two.
Give Mt 5:42
(Lk 6:30) (Lk 6:38)
Give
to
anyone
who
asks
and,
if
someone
wants
to
borrow
from you, do not turn them away.
Love Your Enemies Mt 5:43–45
(Lk 6:27)
You
have
heard
that
it
was
said:
You
must
love
your
neighbour
and
hate
your
enemy
.
But
what
I
tell
you
is
this:
love
your
enemies,
and
pray
for
those
who
persecute
you,
so
that
you
may
become
children
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For
he
causes
his
sun
to
rise
on
bad
and
good
alike,
and
sends
rain
on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
Love and Kindness Mt 5:46–48
(Lk 6:32)
For,
if
you
love
only
those
who
love
you,
what
reward
will
you
have?
Even
the
tax
collectors
do
this!
And,
if
you
only
welcome
your
brothers
and
sisters,
what
are
you
doing
more
than
others?
Even
the
Gentiles
do
this!
You
then,
must
become perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Don't Show Off Mt 6:1–4
Take
care
not
to
perform
your
religious
duties
in
public,
in
order
to
be
seen
by
others.
If
you
do,
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven
has
no
reward
for
you.
Therefore,
when
you
do
acts
of
charity,
do
not
have
a
trumpet
blown
in
front
of
you,
as
hypocrites
do
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
streets,
so
that
people
will
praise
them.
There
I
tell
you,
is
their
reward!
But
when
you
do
acts
of
charity,
do
not
let
your
left
hand
know
what
your
right
hand
is
doing,
so
that
your
charity
may
be
secret,
and
your
Father,
who
sees
what
is
in
secret,
will
reward
you.
Private Prayer Mt 6:5–6
And
when
you
pray,
you
are
not
to
behave
as
hypocrites
do.
They
like
to
pray
standing
in
the
synagogues
and
at
the
corners
of
the
streets,
so
that
people
will
see
them.
There
I
tell
you,
is
their
reward!
But
when
one
of
you
prays,
they
should
go
into
their
own
room,
shut
the
door
and
pray
to
their
Father,
who
dwells
in
secret.
And
their
Father,
who
sees
what
is
secret, will reward them.
How to Pray Mt 6:7–9a
(Lk 11:1)
When
praying,
do
not
repeat
the
same
words
over
and
over
again,
as
is
done
by
the
Gentiles,
who
think
that
by
using
many
words
they
will
obtain
a
hearing.
Do
not
imitate
them.
For
God,
your
Father,
knows
what
you
need
before
you
ask
him.
You, therefore, should pray like this:
The Lord’s Prayer Mt 6:9b–13
(Lk 11:2b)
Our Father, who is in heaven, may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth, as in heaven.
Give us today the bread that we will need,
and forgive us our wrongdoings,
as we have forgiven those who have wronged us,
and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Forgiveness¹ Mt 6:14–15
(Mk 11:25, Lk 6:37b) (Mt 18:21, Lk 17:4)
For
if
you
forgive
others
their
offences,
your
heavenly
Father
will
forgive
you
also.
But,
if
you
do
not
forgive
others
their
offences, not even your Father will forgive your offences.
Don’t Be Pretentious Mt 6:16–18
And
when
you
fast,
do
not
put
on
gloomy
looks
as
hypocrites
do,
who
disfigure
their
faces
so
that
they
may
be
seen
by
people
to
be
fasting.
That
I
tell
you,
is
their
reward!
But
when
one
of
you
fasts,
they
should
anoint
their
head
and
wash
their
face,
so
that
they
may
not
be
seen
by
people
to
be
fasting,
but
by
their
Father,
who
dwells
in
secret,
and
their
Father,
who
sees what is secret, will reward them.
Treasures in Heaven Mt 6:19–21
(Lk 12:33)
Do
not
store
up
treasures
for
yourselves
on
earth,
where
moth
and
rust
destroy,
and
where
thieves
break
in
and
steal.
But
store
up
treasures
for
yourselves
in
heaven,
where
neither
moth
nor
rust
destroys,
and
where
thieves
do
not
break
in
or
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The
Healthy Eye Mt 6:22–23
(Lk 11:34)
The
lamp
of
the
body
is
the
eye.
If
your
eye
is
unclouded,
your
whole
body
will
be
lit
up.
But
if
your
eye
is
diseased,
your
whole
body
will
be
darkened.
And
if
the
inner
light
is
darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
God
or Money Mt 6:24
(Lk 16:13)
No
one
can
serve
two
masters,
for
either
they
will
hate
one
and
love
the
other,
or
else
they
will
attach
themselves
to
one
and
despise
the
other.
You
cannot
serve
both
God
and
Money.
Do Not Be Anxious Mt 6:25–34
(Lk 12:22)
This
is
why
I
say
to
you:
Do
not
be
anxious
about
your
life,
what
you
can
get
to
eat
or
drink,
or
about
your
body
or
what
you
can
get
to
wear.
Is
not
life
more
than
food,
and
the
body
more
than
clothing?
Look
at
the
wild
birds.
They
neither
sow,
nor
reap,
nor
gather
into
barns,
and
yet
your
heavenly
Father
feeds
them!
Aren
’t
you
more
precious
than
they?
But
which
of
you,
by
being
anxious,
can
prolong
their
life
a
single
moment?
And
why
be
anxious
about
clothing?
Study
the
wild
lilies
and
how
they
grow.
They
neither
toil
nor
spin.
Yet,
I
tell
you
that
even
Solomon
in
all
his
splendour
was
not
robed
like
one
of
these.
If
God
so
clothes
even
the
grass
of
the
field,
which
is
living
today
and
thrown
into
the
oven
tomorrow,
will
he
not
much
more
clothe
you,
you
of
little
faith?
Do
not
then
ask
anxiously:
What
can
we
get
to
eat
or
what
can
we
get
to
drink,
or
what
can
we
get
to
wear?
All
these
are
the
things
for
which
the
nations
are
seeking,
and
your
heavenly
Father
knows
that
you
need
them
all.
But
first
seek
his
kingdom
and
the
righteousness
that
he
requires,
and
then
all
these
things
will
be
added
for
you.
Therefore,
do
not
be
anxious
about
tomorrow,
for
tomorrow
will
bring
its
own
anxieties.
Every
day
has trouble enough of its own.
Do Not Judge Mt 7:1–2
(Lk 6:37a)
Do
not
judge
and
you
will
not
be
judged.
For,
just
as
you
judge
others,
you
will
yourselves
be
judged,
and
the
standard
that
you use will be used for you.
The Speck and the Log
Mt 7:3–5
(Lk 6:41)
Why
do
you
look
at
the
speck
of
sawdust
in
your
friend’s
eye,
while
you
pay
no
attention
at
all
to
the
plank
of
wood
in
yours?
How
will
you
say
to
your
friend:
Let
me
take
out
the
speck
from
your
eye,
when
all
the
time
there
is
a
plank
in
your
own?
Hypocrite!
Take
out
the
plank
from
your
own
eye
first,
and
then
you
will
see
clearly
how
to
take
out
the
speck
from
your
friend’s.
Honour What is Holy Mt 7:6
Do
not
give
what
is
sacred
to
dogs;
they
will
turn
and
maul
you.
Do
not
throw
your
pearls
before
pigs;
they
will
trample
them underfoot.
Seek and You Will Find Mt 7:7–8
(Lk 11:9)
Ask,
and
it
will
be
given
to
you.
Search,
and
you
will
find.
Knock,
and
the
door
will
be
opened
to
you.
For
the
person
who
asks
receives,
the
person
who
searches
finds,
and
the
door will be opened to the person who knocks.
Ask and You Will Receive
Mt 7:9–11
(Lk 11:11)
Who
among
you,
when
their
child
asks
them
for
bread,
will
give
them
a
stone,
or
when
they
ask
for
a
fish,
will
give
them
a
snake?
If
you,
then,
wicked
though
you
are,
know
how
to
give
good
gifts
to
your
children,
how
much
more
will
your
Father
who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!
Do Unto Others Mt 7:12
(Lk 6:31)
Do
to
others
whatever
you
would
wish
them
to
do
to
you.
For
that is the teaching of both the Law and the prophets.
The Narrow Road
Mt 7:13–14
(Lk 13:22)
Go
in
by
the
small
gate.
The
road
that
leads
to
destruction
is
broad
and
spacious,
and
many
go
in
by
it.
For
the
gate
is
small,
and
the
road
narrow
that
leads
to
life,
and
there
are
few
who find it.
The Tree and Its Fruit
¹
Mt 7:15–20
(
Lk 6:43) (Mt 12:33)
Beware
of
false
teachers.
People
who
come
to
you
in
the
guise
of
sheep,
but
at
heart
they
are
ravenous
wolves.
By
the
fruit
of
their
lives,
you
will
know
them.
Do
people
pick
grapes
from
thorn
bushes,
or
figs
from
thistles?
So
too,
every
sound
tree
bears
good
fruit,
while
a
worthless
tree
bears
bad
fruit.
A
sound
tree
cannot
produce
bad
fruit,
nor
can
a
worthless
tree
bear
good
fruit.
Every
tree
that
fails
to
bear
good
fruit
is
cut
down
and
thrown
into
the
fire.
So,
it
is
by
the
fruit
of
their
lives that you will know such people.
I Never Knew You Mt 7:21–23
*(Lk 6:46)
Not
everyone
who
says
to
me:
‘Master!
Master!’
will
enter
the
kingdom
of
heaven,
but
only
he
who
does
the
will
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
On
that
day,
many
will
say
to
me:
Master,
Master,
was
not
it
in
your
name
that
we
taught,
and
in
your
name
that
we
drove
out
demons,
and
in
your
name
that
we
did
many
miracles?
And
then
I
will
say
to
them
plainly:
I
never
knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.
The
House Built on Rock Mt 7:24–27
(Lk 6:46)
Everyone,
therefore,
who
listens
to
this
teaching
of
mine
and
acts
on
it
may
be
compared
to
a
prudent
person,
who
built
their
house
on
rock.
The
rain
poured
down,
the
rivers
rose,
the
winds
blew
and
beat
on
that
house,
but
it
did
not
fall,
for
its
foundations
were
on
the
rock.
Everyone
who
listens
to
this
teaching
of
mine
and
does
not
act
on
it
may
be
compared
to
a
foolish
person,
who
built
their
house
on
the
sand.
The
rain
poured
down,
the
rivers
rose,
the
winds
blew
and
struck
against that house, and it fell with a great crash.
The
Crowds Are Amazed Mt 7:28–29
By
the
time
that
Jesus
had
finished
speaking,
the
crowd
was
filled
with
amazement
at
his
teaching.
For
he
taught
them
like
one who had authority, and not like their teachers of the Law.
The Leper Mt 8:1–4
(Mk 1:40, Lk 5:12)
When
Jesus
had
come
down
from
the
hill,
great
crowds
followed
him.
He
saw
a
leper
who
came
up,
and
bowed
to
the
ground
before
him,
and
said:
Master,
if
only
you
are
willing,
you
are
able
to
make
me
clean.
Stretching
out
his
hand,
Jesus
touched
him,
saying
as
he
did
so:
I
am
willing,
become
clean.
Instantly
he
was
made
clean
from
his
leprosy.
And
then
Jesus
said
to
him:
Be
careful
not
to
say
a
word
to
anyone,
but
go
and
show
yourself
to
the
priest
and
offer
the
gift
directed
by
Moses
as evidence of your cure.
The Centurion Mt 8:5–13
(Lk 7:1)
After
Jesus
had
entered
Capernaum,
a
centurion
in
the
Roman
army
came
up
to
him,
entreating
his
help.
Sir,
he
said,
my
manservant
is
lying
ill
at
my
house
with
a
stroke
of
paralysis,
and
is
suffering
terribly.
I
will
come
and
cure
him,
answered
Jesus.
Sir,
the
centurion
went
on,
I
am
unworthy
to
receive
you
under
my
roof,
but
only
speak
and
my
manservant
will
be
cured.
For
I
myself
am
a
man
under
the
orders
of
others,
with
soldiers
under
me;
and,
if
I
say
to
one
of
them
‘Go’,
he
goes,
and
to
another
‘Come’,
he
comes,
and
to
my
slave
‘Do
this’,
he
does
it.
Jesus
was
surprised
to
hear
this,
and
said
to
those
who
were
following
him:
Never
I
tell
you,
in
any
Israelite
have
I
met
with
such
faith
as
this!
Yes,
and
many
will
come
in
from
East
and
West
and
take
their
places
beside
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven;
while
the
heirs
to
the
kingdom
will
be
banished
into
the
darkness
outside;
where
there
will
be
weeping
and
grinding
of
teeth.
Then
Jesus
said
to
the
centurion:
Go
now,
and
it
will
be
according
to
your
faith.
And the man was cured that very hour.
Healing Peters Mother-in-law Mt 8:14–15
(Mk 1:29, Lk 4:38)
When
Jesus
went
into
Peter’s
house,
he
saw
Peter’s
mother-in-
law
prostrated
with
fever.
On
his
taking
her
hand,
the
fever
left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
Healings in Capernaum Mt 8:16–17
(Mk 1:32, Lk 4:40)
In
the
evening
the
people
brought
to
Jesus
many
who
were
possessed
by
demons;
and
he
drove
out
the
spirits
with
a
word,
and
cured
all
who
were
ill,
in
fulfilment
of
these
words
in
the
prophet
Isaiah:
He
took
our
infirmities
on
himself,
and
bore
the burden of our diseases.
To Follow Me Mt 8:18–22
(Lk 9:57)
Seeing
a
crowd
around
him,
Jesus
gave
orders
to
cross
to
the
other
side
of
the
lake.
A
teacher
of
the
Law
came
up
to
him,
and
said:
Teacher,
I
will
follow
you
wherever
you
go.
Foxes
have
holes,
answered
Jesus,
and
wild
birds
their
nests,
but
the
Son
of
Man
has
nowhere
to
lay
his
head.
Master,
said
another,
who
was
a
disciple,
let
me
first
go
and
bury
my
father.
But
Jesus
answered:
Follow
me,
and
leave
the
dead
to
bury
their
dead.
Calming the Storm Mt 8:23–27
(Mk 4:35, Lk 8:22)
Then
he
got
into
the
boat,
followed
by
his
disciples.
Suddenly
so
great
a
storm
came
up
on
the
sea,
that
the
waves
broke
right
over
the
boat.
But
Jesus
was
asleep,
and
the
disciples
came
and
roused
him.
Master,
they
cried,
save
us,
we
are
lost!
Why
are
you
so
timid?
he
said.
You
of
little
faith.
Then
Jesus
rose
and
rebuked
the
winds
and
the
sea,
and
a
great
calm
followed.
The
men
were
amazed,
and
exclaimed:
What
kind
of
man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him.
