The man of St Matthew

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

Chapter 7: Overview

We saw in our overview of the whole sermon how 7,12 concludes the body of the sermon with its reference to the law and the prophets recalling 5,17. The verse begins with "therefore" though this is often omitted in the translations. This saying forms the closing of the bracket around the body of the Sermon on the Mount, 5,17-7,12. We have now read the third part of the body of the Sermon with chapter 6, 6,19-7,12.

We now have just one page for reading this chapter, 7,13-29. This presents the conclusion to the whole of the Sermon on the Mount, ending with the statement about the authority of Jesus' teaching, 7,28-29.

We can now go straight on to read this conclusion of the Sermon, 7,13-29.