Bible · Matthew

• 5:1–12WEB · Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount by sitting as Israel’s Teacher-King. Crowds gather; d…
• 5:13–16WEB · After the Beatitudes name the blessed character of the kingdom, Jesus turns to identity:…
• 5:17–20WEB · Still on the mountain, Jesus turns from salt and light to a charge many feared He meant t…
• 5:21–26WEB · In the Sermon’s first antithesis, Jesus takes the commandment against murder and presses…
• 5:27–30WEB · In the Sermon’s second antithesis, Jesus takes the commandment against adultery and press…
• 5:31–32WEB · In another Sermon antithesis, Jesus takes the familiar permission of a divorce certificat…
• 5:33–37WEB · In the Sermon’s antithesis on oaths, Jesus takes the old word against false swearing and…
• 5:38–42WEB · Jesus next addresses retaliation. The “eye for an eye” principle limited vengeance in Isr…
• 5:43–48WEB · The antitheses climax in love of enemies. Jesus corrects a shriveled reading of neighbor-…