Sermon on the Mount

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Biblical discourse New Testament event Teaching of Jesus

The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Beatitudes	4
Sermon on the Plain	3
Antitheses (“You have heard that it was said… but I say to you…”)	1
Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew	1
Gospel of Matthew 7:12	1
Gospel of Matthew chapters 5–7	1
Wise and foolish builders parable	1
the Beatitudes	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical discourse ⓘ New Testament event ⓘ Teaching of Jesus ⓘ
attributedTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
canonicalStatus	Part of the Christian biblical canon ⓘ
centralTheme	Fulfillment of the Law ⓘ Humility ⓘ Inner righteousness ⓘ Judgment and discernment ⓘ Kingdom of God ethics ⓘ Love of enemies ⓘ Prayer and piety ⓘ Trust in God ⓘ
containsSection	Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Antitheses (“You have heard that it was said… but I say to you…”) Ask, seek, knock teaching ⓘ Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Beatitudes Golden Rule ⓘ Judge not teaching ⓘ Lord’s Prayer ⓘ Love your enemies teaching ⓘ Narrow gate teaching ⓘ Salt and light teaching ⓘ Speck and log parable ⓘ Teaching on adultery and lust ⓘ Teaching on almsgiving ⓘ Teaching on anger ⓘ Teaching on anxiety and trust in God ⓘ Teaching on divorce ⓘ Teaching on fasting ⓘ Teaching on oaths ⓘ Teaching on prayer ⓘ Teaching on retaliation ⓘ Teaching on treasures in heaven ⓘ Warning against false prophets ⓘ Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wise and foolish builders parable
describedIn	Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Matthew chapters 5–7
ethicalEmphasis	Compassion and mercy ⓘ Detachment from wealth ⓘ Nonviolence and non-retaliation ⓘ Purity of heart ⓘ Sincerity in religious practice ⓘ
famousQuotation	Blessed are the poor in spirit ⓘ Do not worry about tomorrow ⓘ Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ⓘ Judge not, that you be not judged ⓘ Love your enemies ⓘ No one can serve two masters ⓘ Our Father in heaven ⓘ Seek first the kingdom of God ⓘ You are the light of the world ⓘ You are the salt of the earth ⓘ
influenced	Christian monasticism ⓘ Christian moral theology ⓘ Christian social ethics ⓘ
languageOfEarliestForm	Koine Greek ⓘ
mainLocation	A hillside in Galilee ⓘ
parallelGospel	Gospel of Luke ⓘ
parallelText	Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sermon on the Plain
partOf	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
viewedAs	Foundational text for Christian discipleship ⓘ Summary of Jesus’ ethical teaching ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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Kingdom of Heaven → announcedIn → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Jesus Christ → associatedWithEvent → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → associatedWithEvent → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Gospel of Luke → contains → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sermon on the Plain

Gospel of Matthew → contains → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beatitudes

Sermon on the Mount → containsSection → Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beatitudes

Sermon on the Mount → containsSection → Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antitheses (“You have heard that it was said… but I say to you…”)

Sermon on the Mount → containsSection → Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wise and foolish builders parable

Sermon on the Mount → describedIn → Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gospel of Matthew chapters 5–7

Christian ethics → emphasizesTeaching → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beatitudes

Christian social gospel → ethicalBasis → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Gaudete et exsultate → focus → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Beatitudes

Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → hasNameOrigin → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew

Triumph of Religion murals → hasPart → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Gospel of Matthew → includesDiscourse → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Tolstoyanism → influencedBy → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

What I Believe → influencedBy → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

The Kingdom of God Is Within You → mainSubject → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → moralTeachingBasedOn → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Sermon on the Mount → parallelText → Sermon on the Mount self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sermon on the Plain

Kingdom of God → proclaimedIn → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sermon on the Plain

Pearl → scripturalAllusion → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

subject surface form: Pearl (poem)

this entity surface form: Beatitudes

Christian anarchism → scripturalBasis → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

Golden Rule → scripturalReference → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gospel of Matthew 7:12

Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew → subject → Sermon on the Mount ⓘ