Life of Jesus
New TestamentSermon on the Mount
Matthew 5–7
How the story unfolds
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The beatitudes
Blessing is pronounced on the unexpected.
- 2
You have heard it said
The law is intensified rather than relaxed.
- 3
Prayer, giving, fasting
Practices are redirected away from display.
- 4
Two houses
The sermon ends with a builder's image.