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[Separated file attached to the main PDF for IRENT G-Matthew - Readers Edition]
5:1 7:27
For the IRENT Readers Edition only, this large segment of the text (Ch. 5, 6,
and 7) is large unlike a parallel G-Luke (so-called Sermon on the Plane).
That makes it to deserve to be read separately from the rest of the Gospel.
It is taken out as a separate file attached to the main pdf file, in order to keep
the main narrative flow contiguous. (This is similar to the treatment of G-John
Ch. 15, 16, and 17.).
See the Appendix at the end for a comparison of G-Mt and G-Lk pericopes.
5:1-7:27 <So-called Sermon on the Mount> [An extensive collection of Yeshuas teachings is put in
one place here (Mt 5, 6, and 7), coming right after the start of Yeshuas ministry in Galilee.] [In contrast to
G-Mt of this extensive collection of Yeshuas teaching here in G-Luke has a parallel (Lk 6:20-49) but is
much a smaller amount of material gathered up in Ch. 6. See Appendix for comparison with the parallel GLk pericope (so-called Sermon on the Plain, a misnomer)] [It is not for prescriptive ethics for us toward
for righteousness and blessedness on our own effort and merit. Instead, it is descriptive of what those
children of God belonging to the Gods kingdom reign be like.]
a
(Mt 5)
Setting of the Sermon
5:2
Blessedc [and honored] are the Gods poord ones [Ps 41:1; 140:12; Isa 61:1]
[blessed are they] as to the spirit! e! [cf. Lk 4:18a]
because theirs is
the Kingdom reignf of the Heavens to belong. [4:23; 5:10b]
5:1ff talmidim /disciple; [life-committed learners to a teacher-master. (Heb. talmidim - Etym. related to Talmud).
Cf. pupils, students.]
b 5:3 <Gods Poor ones, the blessed> The so-called Beatitudes, which G-Lk has in a less complete form (Lk 6:2026), is not about to-be attitude, be-happy attitudes, how to be happy, or even how to be blessed. It is grouped in
into <A> [v. 3 Gods poor ones belong to the Kingdom reign of the Heavens, and <B> [vv. 4-10 Their characters].
c 5:3ff blessed [and honored] [favored]; /x: happy; /x: fortunate; /x: it will be well; /x: will be blessed; /x: (God)
will bless; [Cf. in contrast to Lk 6:24-26 Shame Accusations. Cf. Mt 23:13-32.]
d 5:3 the Gods poor ones [poor soul, not poor spirit] {Isa 29:19; 61:1; Ps 40:7} [cf. Lk 4:18; Jam 2:5] [the
ones whom God has to care of their needs and who are totally dependent on God - Isa 29:19; 61:1; Ps 14:6; 40:4,
17] [cf. politically-economically oppressed class]; (blessed not because they are poor);
e 5:3 (blessed) as to the spirit [in contrast to their soul.] [not *poor in spirit spiritually poor blessed if their
spirit is poor] [poor in spirit is not humble, dependent, obedient, etc.] (Cf. Act 18:25) (the phrase not in //Lk
6:20.) [Thematically it construes to blessed; this all through to v. 10] [blessed, i.e. rich in spirit, not impoverished]
f 5:3, 10b *Kingdom of the Heavens [4:23] [5:10b; 6:10, 33] [= Gods Kingdom; not a place, but Gods reign
realized in the person of Yeshua himself, not to rule but to love with shalom] [*heavens Hebraism for Elohim.]
a
Beatitudes
Blessed are they, a who have deep sorrow and anguish in lament b
because it is they who shall be comforted c.
Blessed are they, who are meek to God [yielding to His will] d! [cf. 11:29; Num 12:3]
because it is they who shall receive the land e [as their portion]. [Ps 37:11]
Blessed are they, who hunger [Ps 107:9] and thirst after [Ps 42:1] [Cf. Jn 6:35]
the very righteousness f [for the name of God]! [5:10; 6:33] [Ps 106:3]
because it is they who shall get satisfied [in God].
136F
137F
138F
5:5
139F
140F
5:6
14F
Mt 5:7-10
5:7
5:8
5:9
5:10
Blessed are [as to the spirit] [and honored] they, who are being persecuted
for the sake of Gods righteousness! [5:6; 6:33. cf. 5:44]
because theirs is the Kingdom reign of the Heavens to belong to. [5:3b]
Persecuted onesj
5:11-12 {Lk 6:22-23}
5:11@
5:12
5:4ff they, (who) [refers to the Gods poor ones in v. 3a = those belonging to the Gods Kingdom reign]
5:5 in lament [It is not over pervasive human evilness, predicament and suffering; religious hypocrisy (Mt 23:1129) and perversion of truth; unrighteousness (Isa 59:4) and injustice.] [Cf. YHWHs Suffering Servant, a Man of
Sorrows, Isa 53:8.] [not lamenting over misfortunes and calamities in life.]
c 5:4 comforted [called to be by the side (of God)]
d 5:4 meek ~ yielding to His will [cf. the word meek alone tends to give a wrong word-picture as that of being
docile, tamed, non-aggressive, mild-tempered, etc.]
e 5:4 the land /x: the earth most;
f 5:6 *righteousness [+] [+ to be worthy for the name of Elohim] [3:15]
g 5:7 compassionate [merciful in //Lk 6:36 Cf. Ps 41:1-3 Gods mercy on His poor ones.]
h 5:7 pure [= keep on purifying; their mind cleansed of evil desires/thoughts unworthy to His name. Thus, pure
from the heart and set apart from the world (sanctified).] [Cf. purification ritual & immersion-rite in Judaism.]
i 5:7 live to bring Gods shalom /x: peacemakers most (jargon cf. picture of peace project/movement/corps);
j
5:11-12 <Persecuted ones> [The ones with blessedness of belonging to Gods kingdom reign (as the Beatitudes pictured)
are salt and light as their true identity in the world, but not a part of it the main point of the Sermon. The rest is about their
behavior and conduct in their life in the world.]
a
Mt 5:11-16
5:11-12 {Lk 6:22-23}
5:11@
5:12
5:13
14F
Blessed are yo all [who belongs to the Kingdom reign of the Heavens]
when they reproach yo and persecute
and say every kinds of evil things against yo
{
speaking-falsely} for the sake of me.
Be yo all rejoicing, yes, be filled with joy!
it is that great is yor heavenly reward;
Indeed, in the same way
they persecuted the prophets even before yo suffer.
[For the sake of Gods righteousness,]
yo, yo all c, are the very salt of the earth:
But when the [rock] salt d has its salt stuff leached out, [Lk 14:34]
then how shall it restore its saltiness?
145F
146F
Yo, yo all are as the light in the world e: [cf. Ps 119:105] [cf. Jn 9:5]
a city lying atop on a hill cannot be hidden.
147F
5:13-16 <salt & light> [The ones with blessedness of belonging to Gods kingdom reign (as the
Beatitudes pictured) are salt and light as their true identity in the world, but not a part of it the main
point of the Sermon. The rest is about their behavior and conduct in their life in the world.]
a
5:11-16 <Persecuted ones as salt & light> [The ones with blessedness of belonging to Gods Kingdom reign (as
Beatitudes pictured) are salt and light as their true identity in the world, but not a part of it the main point of the
Sermon. The rest is about their behavior and conduct in their life in the world.]
b
5:13 you all [+] [+ those who belong to the Kingdom reign and being persecuted]
5:13 salt [i.e. raw rock salt; not refined salt like table salt in our modern times]
e
5:14 in the world [genitive] /x: of the world
f
5:16ff *Father [capitalized; Yeshua addresses Elohim as Father, never by the divine name YHWH.]
[Elohim (=the God) is not God of generic notion] [Father-Son is the unique special dynamic relationality
of Elohim and Yeshua, not of a biological gender and social power notion.].
c
5:17-7:12 <<Greater
righteousness>>
New righteousness
Mt 5:17-20
5:17@
150F
15F
Torah eternal
5:19
5:20
Mt 5:21-24
5:21
5:22
157F
158F
159F
5:23
5:24
5:26
5:21 take others life [19:18]; /x: kill; /x: put to death; /x: (commit) murder - most;
5:21ff I, however, [Emphatic I = I on my own, without need of quoting rabbis before me.]
c
5:22 blockhead [+ provoking anger] [raka Aramaic]; /raca KJV;
d
5:22 even ~ *Sanhedrin [26:59; rhetorical, rather than a local judicial court.]
e
5:22ff GeHinnom /*Gehenna; /x: hell; /Gk. Geenna from Heb. a valley hugging S.W. of Yerusalem.
[Not to be confused with hades (Gk) in 16:18 = sheol (Hebrew), or inferno (Latin as in Dantes Divine
Comedy)];
f
5:24 reconcile to /x: make peace with;
a
On adultery
On adultery
Mt 5:27-28 (Mk ; Lk )
5:27@
Yo all have heard that it was said:
<Yo shall not commit adultery.> {Ex. 20. 14 & Dt. 5. 18}
5:28
5:30
On divorce
On divorce a
160F
162F
5:32a
163F
164F
5:31ff divorce [Here in the first century patriarchal society, it was about putting away ones wife different from a
modern counterpart divorce of a legal proceeding.]
b 5:31 her [+] [+ return her dowry and]
c 5:31 a written statement of dissolution [a writ of dissolution - so that she can be free to re-marry.]
d 5:32 say this to you all: [+] [+ such a written one to give was only meant to protect her and give her a right to
remarry; but a free ticket to put away her.]
e
5:32 sexual immoralities (porneia); [= 15:19; 19:9] [It is covered in Lev Ch. 18 of the Holiness Code of O.T.
(Lev 18: to 27:)]; /x: fornication KJV (- archaic); /x: marital infidelity (i.e. adultery);
f 5:32c commit adultery as much: [+] [+ Go, be first reconciled to your family.]
a
Mt 5:33-37
5:33
5:34
5:35
5:36
5:37
16F
On retaliation
On retaliation
5:39
169F
5:40
5:41
5:37 from that which is wrong /x: of evil KJV; /x: from the evil one NET; /
5:38 an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth [lex talionis Law of talion- not about personal retaliation
seeking ones own redress, but about limiting legal redress.]
c 5:39 put ~ up against the wrongs done to you [+] [+ to get even] /x: resist the *evil one; /xx: resist not evil
KJV; /x: resist an evil person NKJV; /[to replace lex talionis of O.T. with the new righteousness of Him. Not for socalled nonresistance pacifism. It is not about do not resist evil (KJV) for evils sake]
d 5:39 turn to him [+] [+ instead of showing your clenched fist up]
a
5:41
5:42
17F
5:44
5:45
[cf. 5:9]
5:47
5:43 love [*love in the Bible does not have much overlap with the common English word in the semantic field.]
5:43 neighbor [parallel to persons (sons) of your own people in the same verse of Lev 19:18a]
c 5:43 refuse to love /x: hate most;
d 5:43, 44 those who are against -BBE; /x: enemies - most; [Not nonresistance pacifism] [Contra Pro 25:21]
e
5:44 be you loving (i.e. indicative one must become a person who can love them); /> love (as imperative);
*love in the Bible does not have much overlap with the common English word in the semantic field.]
f 5:43 giving blessed words to /> blessing;
g 5:46 tax-profiteers /*tax-collector; [for tribute the Romans exacting from the occupied. Cf. Mattityahu Mt 10:3.]
a
5:48
175F
176F
(Mt 6)
6:1-18 <New righteousness: Living out in Gods presence>
Acts of righteousness: Making gifts of mercy, Prayer, Fasting
Mt 6:1
6:1
178F
Mt 6:2-4
6:2
180F
18F
6:4
do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
so that your merciful giving be done, unseen in sight;
Then your Father who sees [what you have done] unseen in sight
will render {openly}.
5:48 to the fullest (teleios); (cf. Heb 6:1 (epi tn teleiotta) to the fullest level); /x: *perfect; [not
perfect as to character, morality, or achievement]; /> complete WNT, BBE; /x: *mature;
b
5:48 loving others [+] [+ with no limits to hold]
c
5:48 in the heavens{/mss} {/heavenly}
d
6:1 act of righteousness [= act of religious piety] {/mss making gifts of mercy (= for vv. 2-4)}
e
6:1 reward (Gk. misthos)
f
6:1 making gifts of mercy [act of loving kindness it was understood as the equivalent of an atoning
sacrifice esp. in post-70 CE Judaism.]; /> alms-giving; /x: do alms - KJV; /xx: charity;
g
6:1 trumpet [IRENT has it only once here as in English idiom from sound a trumpet before (KJV).
Elsewhere as shofar (rams horn).]
h
6:2ff hypocrites [of hypocrisy of religion and power. 15x in G-Mt.]
a
On prayer
Mt 6:5-8
6:5
You, [listening to me now], every one of yo, however, when you pray,
enter your own inner room a [to be by yourself]
and after shutting your door,
be you praying to your Father [ Isa 26:20]
182F
6:7
6:8
a
185F
6:9
186F
6:10
18F
190F
19F
192F
193F
With the bread [of Life] k for us [cf. Jn 6:35, 48, 51]
[from above] in full measure l
have us provided m today n
6:11
194F
195F
196F
197F
6:12
198F
6:13a
19F
20F
{+ doxology} s
20F
6:9-15 <So-called *Lords Prayer> [= rather < Disciples prayer taught by the Lord>.] [G-Lk parallel
is much shorter.] [The Lords Prayer is not petitions as such (of 3x for God and 3x for us)] [What holds all together is
a
6:14
6:15
On fasting
Mt 6:16-18
6:16
6:18
On yor treasures
for yourselves on earth, [Cf. Act 20:35; Eph 4:26; Pr 11:24; Lk 6:38]
where moth and rust b eat up
and where thieves break in and steal.
203F
6:20
6:21
a
b
And indeed, any of you, where your treasure [hoard] is [to be],
there also your [true] heart will be:
6:17 have oil poured /x: anoint most (church jargon; a different sense).
6:20 rust - most; /xx: vermin NIV; /xx: worm RSVmg; /
6:23
205F
209F
210F
6:26
6:27
6:22 eye ~ lamp of the body [different from a modern expression eye is the window of a person.]
6:22-23 eye ~ sound ~ sickened [Aramaic/Hebrew idiom for generosity and stinginess.]
c 6:24 less love />> *hate most;
d 6:24 mammon (//Lk 16:13) [Aramaic for wealth. Also Lk 16:9, 11] [metonymic for all that is pursued for
pleasure and power, a god of gold]; /> wealth; /x: riches (cf. Mt 13:12 ploutos riches); [cf. 1Ti 6:10 love of money];
e 6:25 be you not worrying /stop worrying; /x: dont worry; /xx: take no thought of KJV; /
f
6:25 your own being of life /your *life - most; /x: your *soul; [See EE 10:28]
g 6:25 about food [what shall we eat which to eat?! cultural mistransfer (different Sitz im Leben)] [same
with water theme what to drink?!]
a
6:28
6:29
6:30
6:31
6:32
6:33
213F
214F
215F
6:34
(Mt 7)
7:1-12 <<New Righteousness Toward Others>>
To judge others
7:4
7:5
7:6
7:6
A.S.K
A.S.K.
7:8
7:9
7:10
7:11
Well then, if yo, for all yor evilness, still know how to make
good gifts to yor children [for what they need],
how much readier will yor heavenly+ Father be
to give [His own] good gifts b to those asking Him for it! [cf. 6:33]
Mt 7:13-14
7:13
23F
[Lk 13:24]
24F
7:14
7:8 everyone [that is, those who belong to Gods Kingdom reign, who would ask in harmony with what God
desires (1Jn 5:14)]
b 7:11b good gift [ v. 11a] [//Lk 11:13 holy spirit]
c 7:12 <So-called *Golden Rule> [The basis of this is as important as what is said since thats the case at the
beginning which refers to the preceding paragraph. As a corollary do not expect others do for you before you would
do to others first.] [Cf. Mt 19:19b]
d 7:12 Torah ~ Nebiim (5:17); />> the law ~ the prophets;
e 7:13-14 <gates & roads> [not referring to ones but referring to Yeshua Himself (cf. Jn 14:6).] [Contrast is not
about good vs. bad behavior/conduct (in ethical or socio-political sense); or holy vs. evil life, but the way of Yeshua
Himself vs. religion.]
f 7:14 wide is the gate; broad is the way [that is, going with flow and even going headlong against it, rather than
staying above aloft out of it the sure way of Gods shalom.]
a
25F
7:16
7:18
7:19
7:20
7:22
7:23
Two foundations
Mt 7:24-27 {//Lk 6:47-49}
7:24
Two foundations
7:15 prophets [+ as to who really they are and what they are]; [that is, people of religion]
7:16, 20 are to recognize them [+] [+ as to who really they are and what they are]; /shall; />> will.
c
7:21, 22 Master (Gk. kurie, vocative); /> Lord most (- a biblical jargon with different nuance and
usage) [IRENT consistently renders as Master in Gospels when Yeshua is being addressed (e.g. 8:2)]
d
7:24 [for a foundation] solid bed-rock [refers to Yeshua Himself]
a
7:25
7:26
7:27
<<Epilogue>>
Mt 7:28 29 (cf. Mk 1:22; Lk 4:32)
7:28
And it came to be
(Mt 8)
Mt 8:1
8:1
5:1 7:27
7:29 soferim [+ who had to authenticate their teachings by the authority of tradition]
Appendix
<Outline of the Sermon on the Mount> Mt 5:1 7:29
Mt 5:1-7:29 <So-called Sermon on the Mount> [it is not for prescriptive ethics (nor a divine self-help
manual) for us toward for righteousness and blessedness on our own effort and merit. Instead it is
descriptive of what those Gods children belonging to the Gods kingdom reign be like. It is not the goal for
us that He was presenting, demanding, or commanding, but the picture of how they look across the deep
chasm we have to yet to cross and the high wall for us to cross over. Its what the love of God with the Cross
of the Mashiah, makes it ever possible for us, yes, for all the humanity.]
{//Lk 6:20-21}
Eight Beatitudes
Persecuted ones as Salt & Light
6:1-18
6:19-34
7:1-12
New righteousness
(Mk ; Lk )
{//Mk 9:43-48}
32 (Mk 10:4; Lk 16:18)
{//Lk 6:29-30}
{//Lk 6:27-28; 32-36}
{//Lk 11:2-4}
6:21-23
6:24
6:25-34
{//Lk 11:34-35}
{//Lk 16:13}
{//Lk 12:22 31}
Lords Prayer
{//Lk 11:9-13}
{//Lk 6:31}
{//Lk 13:23-24}
{//Lk 6:43-45}
(cf. Lk 6:46; 13:26-27)
7:24-27
{//Lk 6:47-49}
Two foundations
5:43-48
7:1-5
7:15-20
7:24-27
8:1
Setting
Beatitudes
Woes
Love your enemies
Judging others; Hypocrisy
A tree and its fruit
Building on rock foundation
Closure
Mt 5:3-10 <Beatitudes> [Not teaching on happiness, even on higher happiness. Not about
how to be happy or blessed, nor about be-(happy)-attitude. Rather it gives a whole picture of
characters of those belonging to Gods Kingdom reign (= Gods self-disclosure and reigning with His
love). Being blessed is being blessed by God and be blessed of God Himself Gods being with us
in our life, not getting blessing from God. The blessedness (not blessing) is in ones relation to
God; that which is from Gods blessing is incompatible the worldly blessings (e.g. five blessings
).] [Happiness is a reaction by reflex, or a response by choice.] [These are not behavior or
conduct as such expected from the so-called Christians.]
5:12 be filled with joy /be full of joy Cass; /exult; /be glad exceedingly; /leap for joy NWT;
ii
5:12 it is that your heavenly reward is great [heavenly > Gk. in the heavens; Cf. heavenly treasure (=
Life eternal) in 19:22]. [Superscript + indicator for plural. See GG for word study heaven, heavens]; \hO
MISQOS hUMWN POLUS EN TOIS OURANOIS; (your great reward is in heaven vs. your reward in heaven is
great vs. > your reward is great in heaven ( -most)): /it is that your great reward is in the heavens ARJ; /x:
it is that your great reward is in the heaven ARJ; /(pure baloney) MSG; / 1 /x: since your reward is great
in the heavens NWT; / because your reward is great in the Heavens WNT; /because yourp reward [is]
great in the heavens, - ALT; /x: reward is great in heaven - ESV, HCSNB; /reward is rich in heaven Mft; />
your reward in heaven will be great AUV; /
2 /heavenly reward is great ONT; /for your reward in Heaven is magnificent PNT; /reward in heaven is
great JNT, AMP [+ (strong and intense)]; /great is your reward in heaven BBE; /great is ~ - KJV+, NKJV; /
3 /x: it is a rich reward that awaits you in the heaven Cass; /have a great reward in heaven GW, CEV; /a
great reward waiting for you in heaven ERV; /a great reward awaits you in heaven NLT; /
4 /reward of you great in the heavens Diagl; /
[reward 6:2, 5 is that which one enjoys here and now (not in future, after death, etc.), bringing praise (cf.
receive recognition = be glorified DOXASQWSIN) in the preceding sentence). See Gal 5:22-23 as to what
would be the reward from God v.4 & 6.]
5:12 [Not to be misconstrued as things fame position status etc. Since it is at the spiritual dimension, it is
rather honor and praise from God; gift of holy Spirit, etc.] [We do not earn the reward because we are doing
only what we are supposed to do (Lk 17:7-10). But God freely gives the reward; He promises it as His gift. that
the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rm
8:18). How true are His words, "Without Me you can do nothing" (Jn 15:5) "but we also glory in tribulations,
knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope." (Rm 5:3-4) John W. Ritenbaugh]
[the rewards are spiritual; it is fellowship with Christ and proximity to Him. Boise p. 59]
Heb. those who pursue righteousness (of God) and are persecuted. + the righteous who are persecuted;
but also those who are persecuted and upon whom Gods righteousness (His grace) is bestowed, who
long for Gods righteousness and will fully receive it in the future. (Cf. your conduct of righteousness
5:20). /[See Mt 6:33; Rm 5:3]
Gills Commentary: for great is your reward in heaven; not of debt, but of grace; for there is no
proportion or comparison between what the saints suffer for Christ, and the glory that shall be
revealed in them by him; not in earth, but in heaven. Saints must not expect their reward here, but
hereafter, when God himself will be their reward; he will be all in all; Christ and all his glory, glory
and all the riches of it will be the reward of the inheritance, and which must needs be a "great" one.
And the more to animate them to suffer with joyfulness, and to support them under all their
reproaches and persecutions, it is added;
5:12 it is that your heavenly reward is great ~ /x: it is that your great reward is in the heaven ARJ;
/since your reward is great in the heavens NWT; /x: it is a rich reward that awaits you in heaven - Cass;
/for your reward is great in heaven most; \hO MISQOS hUMWN POLUS EN TOIS OURANOIS; [Not to be
misconstrued as things fame position status etc. Since it is at the spiritual dimension, it is rather honor and
praise from God; gift of holy Spirit, etc.] [We do not earn the reward because we are doing only what we are
supposed to do (Lk 17:7-10). But God freely gives the reward; He promises it as His gift. that the sufferings of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us" (Rm 8:18). How
true are His words, "Without Me you can do nothing" (Jn 15:5) "but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that
tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope." (Rm 5:3-4) - John W.
Ritenbaugh]
Heb. those who pursue righteousness (of God) and are persecuted. + the righteous who are persecuted;
but also those who are persecuted and upon whom Gods righteousness (His grace) is bestowed, who
long for Gods righteousness and will fully receive it in the future. (Cf. your conduct of righteousness
5:20). /[See Mt 6:33; Rm 5:3]
iii
iv
5:12 even before you suffer /[who lived] before you AUV; /gone before you; /