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Sermon on the Mount, stained glass window by Louis Comfort Tiffany; in the Arlington Street Church, Boston.
Sermon on the Mount
New Testament
Sermon on the Mount, a biblical collection of religious teachings and ethical sayings of Jesus of Nazareth, as found in Matthew, chapters 5β7. The sermon was addressed to disciples and a large crowd of listeners to guide them in a life of discipline based on a new law of love, even to enemies, as opposed to the old law of retribution. In the Sermon on the Mount are found many of the most familiar Christian homilies and sayings, including the Beatitudes and the Lordβs Prayer (qq.v.).
This article was most recently revised and updated by John M. Cunningham.
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