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Sermon on the Mount
chapters 5-7 of Matthew's gospel, in which Jesus' teaching takes the form of a series of commendations and stories. The commendations or blessings are given to individuals for qualities, which might go unremarked in a national honours list. The examples and stories are invitations to enter into a new way of living and being, such as corresponds with the new order of God's politics. The mountain setting is often seen as pointing up a parallel with Mount Sinai where the commandments were given to Moses; now a greater than Moses calls for a radical response to the demands of legal dispensation.
See also:
Decalogue
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