Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount: Mandating a Better Righteousness (Biblia.com)

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The Sermon on the Mount is the best-known and most frequently studied repository of Jesus’ teachings. Amid the considerable erudition expended on the Sermon, however, Jack R. Lundbom argues that scholars have deflected or disregarded the main thrust of the sermon, which he characterizes as a mandate to holy living and a “greater righteousness.” Through careful attention to the structure of...

14–17 e’ Narrative: Acknowledgment by Disciples 18 d’ Sermon: Community Discourse 19–22 c’ Narrative: Authority and Invitation 23–25 b’ Sermon: Woes, Coming of the Kingdom 26–28 a’ Narrative: Death and Resurrection Here all the Gospel material is accounted for, and while some descriptive titles proposed by Lohr may not reproduce exactly what Matthew had in mind, they are convincing in the main. One sees very clearly how the “woes” of chapter 23 intend to balance the “blessings” of chapter 5, where

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