THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (PART 1)
SECTION I INTRODUCTION JESUS CHRIST’S SERMON on the Mount is considered by many to be the greatest discourse ever spoken. It was delivered sometime between the beginning and midpoint of His ministry about 27-28 A.D. The most complete record of Jesus’ sermon can be found in the 5 th - 7 th chapters of the Gospel of St. Matthew in the Bible. A less complete account is recorded in St. Luke’s Gospel, chapter 6, starting at verse 20. There has been some debate among Bible scholars about these two accounts. Some say that they were essentially the same sermon preached at two different times and at two different locations because Matthew mentions that it took place on a mount while Luke says it took place on a plain. I personally believe that because there is a paragraph break starting at Luke 6:20, the Sermon itself can be separated from the verses above it that describe Jesus as standing in a plain (Luke 6:17). In Matthew, th...