or else it is not. According to this view I need not read the Sermon on the Mount; I need not be concerned about its precepts; I need not feel condemned because I am not doing certain things; it has no relevance for me. It seems to me that the answer to all that can be put like this. The Sermon on the Mount was preached primarily and specifically to the disciples. ‘When he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying …’ Now the whole presupposition is that