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  • jtreen
    jtreen added a text contribution The Crowds and the Disciples
    When I first started reading, this passage stuck out to me. There are two distinct groups of people here – the crowds and the disciples. In the preceding chapter, Matthew tells of the great crowds fol... Read more »

Jul 30

Jul 7

  • emeraldeye
    emeraldeye added a text contribution Down from the Mountain
    Jesus came down from the mountain. He'd been spending a lot of time in ministry and needed to move elsewhere to spend some time teaching those who "were apprenticed to Him", according to the Message, ... Read more »

Apr 30

  • jenniferki
    jenniferki added a text contribution Thus Saith the Lord?
    “Thus saith the Lord” are the well known words that proceed the majority of the prophesies in the Old Testament. Even if not in these exact words, the Christian prophets always spoke their prophesies ... Read more »
  • JC-Ryle
    JC-Ryle added a text contribution Matthew 5:1-12
    The three chapters which begin with these verses deserve the special attention of all readers of the Bible. They contain what is commonly called the "sermon on the mount." Every word of the Lord Jesus... Read more »

Apr 20

Mar 19

  • geoffreyjanes
    geoffreyjanes added a text contribution All or Nothing
    As you read through Matthew 5:1-12, you will see Jesus listing off what we call the "beatitudes." Jesus goes through a list of promised blessing to people who have certain characteristics (or attitud... Read more »

Mar 4

  • docbob
    docbob added a text contribution Discipleship
    March 2, 2009 The life of Jesus. Read Today: Jesus ascends to address the multitude; Matthew 5:1 Matthew 5:1 ESV 1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciple... Read more »

Jan 9

  • thetapop1
    thetapop1 added a text contribution Who is he talking to
    he left the multitudes to give one of his most significant talks to JUST the disciples, SALT and LIGHT....some of the best analogies ever to how the christian life should look to others. Read more »

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  • cntyourblessins
    cntyourblessins added a text contribution See and Do
    Matthew Chapt 5 starts out in the (amp) bible SEEING THE crowds,He went up on the mountain. Jesus saw people and did something about it. He went up on a mountain and taught the crowds. I think it ... Read more »

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  • asinner2
    asinner2 added a text contribution Crowds? What crowds?
    In Matt 5:1 Jesus goes up to the mountain with his disciples but by the end of his sermon we see crowds. Where did they come from? When did they get there? How much of the sermon did the crowds get to... Read more »
  • asinner2
    asinner2 added a text contribution kinda cool
    God gave Moses the law from a mountain Jesus taught the disciples from a mountain! Cool? no! Well I thing so! Read more »

Jun 1

  • caught-thinking
    caught-thinking added a text contribution Jesus and the Crowd
    Matthew 5:1 & 2 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with him. Arriving at a quiet place, he sat down and... Read more »

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  • shukyc
    shukyc added a text contribution fufill the law
    I love this scripture because Jesus tells us that the law is fulfilled and that we don't need to live by the law but by the new covenant formed by his sacrifice on the cross Read more »