• Matthew - For Bible dictionary definitions that describe the outline, content, historical context, authorship, and date of the Gospel of Matthew, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/mat.htm.
• Mat 5, 6, 7 - The Sermon on the Mount, related writings, and (references about the importance of the "Sermon on the Mount"
• Luk 6:20-49 (Jesus' Sermon on the Plain)
• Luk 11:9-13
• Luk 12:22-31
• Luk 13:23-27
• Jam 1-Jam 5 (the Epistle of James)
• S&H 174:17
• S&H 271:20
• Man 62:24-4
• Mis 12:11-14
• Mis 21:1
• Mis 25:3
• Mis 93:24
• Mis 114:7
• Ret 75:1
• Ret 91:5-92:10
• Rud 3:14
• Rud 11:25
• '01 11:13
• '01 32:18
• '02 4:19-5:24
• My 180:3
• My 229:20-14
• To explore the Church Manual's representation of the teachings of the "Sermon on the Mount," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/manual/biblical-teachings.htm#som.
• To explore references to and commentary on each of the verses in Jesus' "Sermon on the Plain" (Luk 6:20-49), browse http://www.bibletexts.com/verses/v-luk.htm.
• To explore other resources on the Sermon on the Mount, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topical.htm#som.

THE BEATITUDES - Mat 5:3-12 (Luk 6:20-23) - see http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/beatitudes.htm for references to and commentary on each beatitude.

• Mat 5:3-12 - Blessed are... [The Beatitudes]
• Luk 6:20-23
• Jam 1:2
• Jam 2:13
• Jam 3:18
• Jam 4:10
• Jam 5:10
• S&H 446:25-27
• Man 62:24-4
• Mis 82:15-19
• Mis 303:16-19
• My 129:28-2
• My 200:11-14
• My 227:26-30

SALT AND LIGHT - Mat 5:13-16 (Mar 9:50; Luk 14:34-35)

• Mat 5:13-16 - salt and light
  • Mar 9:50
  • Luk 14:34-35
• Mat 5:13
• Mar 9:49,50
• Luk 14:34,35
• S&H 153:7
• S&H 367:18
• Mat 5:14
• Joh 8:12
• S&H 367:19
• Mis 323:2
• Mat 5:16
• Joh 15:8
• Eph 5:8,9
• Phi 2:14,15

TEACHING ABOUT THE LAW - Mat 5:17-20

• Mat 5:17 - teaching about the law
• Luk 16:16
• S&H 474:20
• Mis 261:18
• Mis 261:20
• My 219:23
• '02 5:23
• Mat 5:18
• Mat 24:35
• Mar 13:31
• Luk 16:17
• Luk 21:33
• Mis 99:21
• Mis 111:17
• Mis 163:18
• Un 43:16
• Mat 5:19 - KJV wording: heaven <3772, plural> - literal translation: the <3588> heavens <3772, plural> [Though "the heavens" is actually the correct translation here and in most places where "heaven" is used, Rotherham's translation, the Emphasized Bible, which was used by MBE and sold in the CSRR of her day, is the only one that actually translates it as "the heavens."]
• Mat 5:19
  • Jam 2:10
• Mat 5:20 - KJV wording: heaven <3772, plural> - literal translation: the <3588> heavens <3772, plural> [Though "the heavens" is actually the correct translation here and in most places where "heaven" is used, Rotherham's translation, the Emphasized Bible, which was used by MBE and sold in the CSRR of her day, is the only one that actually translates it as "the heavens."]

TEACHING ABOUT ANGER - Mat 5:21-26 (Luk 12:57-59)

• Mat 5:21-26 - teaching about anger
  • Luk 12:57-59
• Mat 5:22 - Gr: autou - See TCGNT p. 11. {B}
• Mat 5:22 - omit KJV wording: without a cause <1500> - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)
• "Without a cause" is not found in any modern English versions, i.e., not found in those versions that are translated from the current representations of the original texts. (The NKJV is not such a modern translation. It is still totally dependent upon the KJV and the same questionable Hebrew and Greek texts from which the KJV was translated.) That "without a cause" was not in the original text of Matthew is attested by a number of very early manuscripts. In the Textual Commentary of the Greek New Testament, Second Edition (NY: United Bible Societies, 1994, page 11), Bruce Metzger writes regarding this verse: "Although the reading with eike is widespread from the second century onwards, it is much more likely that the word was added by copyists in order to soften the rigor of the precept, that omitted as unnecessary."
• Mat 5:22
• Jam 1:20
• 1Jo 3:14,15, TEV - 14 We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love our brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love is still under the power of death. 15 All who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers have not got eternal life in them.
• S&H 369:31-32
• Mat 5:25
• Luk 12:57
• S&H 161:32
• S&H 390:18
• Mat 5:26
• Luk 12:58; S&H 5:11

TEACHING ABOUT ADULTERY - Mat 5:27-30

• Mat 5:27-28 - teaching about adultery
• To explore "Adultery: the physical act, the thought, and remarriage after divorcing one's spouse -- the three forms of adultery described by Jesus in the gospels -- and one's means of defense against, rescue from, and salvation from adultery," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/adultery.htm.
• To further explore many topics regarding "marriage," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/marriage.htm.

TEACHING ABOUT DIVORCE - Mat 5:31-32 (Mat 19:9; Mar 10:11-12; Luk 16:18)

• Mat 5:31-32 - teaching about divorce
• Mat 19:9
• Mar 10:11-12
• Luk 16:18
• To further explore "Divorce as understood by Jesus and the earliest Christians," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/divorce.htm.
• To explore "Adultery: the physical act, the thought, and divorcing one's spouse -- the three forms of adultery described by Jesus in the gospels -- and one's means of defense against, rescue from, and salvation from adultery," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/adultery.htm.
• To further explore many topics regarding "marriage," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/marriage.htm.
• Mat 5:32 - Gr: kai hos ean apolelumenen gamese moichatai - See TCGNT p. 11. {B}

TEACHING ABOUT OATHS - Mat 5:33-37

• Mat 5:33-37 - teaching about oaths
  • Jam 5:12

TEACHING ABOUT RETALIATION - Mat 5:38-42 (Luk 6:29-30)

• Mat 5:38-42 - teaching about retaliation
  • Luk 6:29-30
• Mat 5:38
• S&H 30:15
• Mat 5:39
• Luk 6:29
• S&H 444:19
• Ret 45:20
• My 227:27

LOVE FOR ENEMIES - Mat 5:43-48 (Luk 6:27-28, 32-36)

• Mat 5:43-48 - love for enemies
  • Luk 6:27-28, 32-36
• Mat 5:44 - Gr: humon kai proseuchesthe uper ton diokonton humas - See TCGNT p. 11-12. {A}
• Mat 5:44 - 'love your enemies' and 'overcome evil with good'
• To further explore this topic, browse the following:
• "Christian love: a topical index" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/christianlove.htm.
• "Forgiving others" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/forgivingothers.htm.
• "Love your enemies" (GB Caird's commentary on Luk 6:27-38) at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/agape-c.htm.
• "Love Your Enemies" (Mary Baker Eddy) at http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/mbe-love-your-enemies.htm.
• "Overcome evil with good" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/overcome-evil-with-good.htm.
• "War and peace: Excerpts from the textbooks of Christian Science: the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/war-and-peace-in-textbooks.htm.
• Mat 5:46
• Luk 6:32:33
• Mis 13:11
• Pan 9:24
• Mat 5:47 - Gr: ethnikoi - See TCGNT p. 12. {B}
• Mat 5:48 - perfect
• Jam 1:4
• To explore biblical and other references to this, browse "PERFECT" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/p.htm#perfect.
• To explore an explanation of the Hebrew and Greek biblical terms translated as "perfect," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/perfect.htm.

TEACHING ABOUT CHARITY - Mat 6:1-4

• Mat 6:1-4 - teaching about charity
• Mat 6:4 - Gr: apodosei - See TCGNT p. 12.
• Mat 6:6 - Gr: soi - See TCGNT p. 12. {B}
• Mat 6:4 - omit KJV wording: openly - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)

TEACHING ABOUT PRAYER - Mat 6:5-15 (Mar 11:22-25, Luk 11:2-4)

• Mat 6:5-15 - Jesus' teachings about prayer
  • Mar 11:22-25
  • Luk 11:2-4
• Mat 6:7
• S&H 13:9
• Mat 6:8
• S&H 1:-2

• Mat 6:9-13 -The Lord's Prayer
• Mar 11:22,25
• Luk 11:2-4
• S&H 14:22
• S&H 16:7-17:15
• Man 62:24-4
• Man 120:7
• Man 122:6
• Man 123:9
• Man 125:5
• Man 126:6
• Man 127:9
• Mis 211:30-1
• Mis 314:6-10
• Mis 314:15
• Mis 331:12
• '01 31:20-27
• Hea 15:28-3
• My 225:12
• My 233:3-6
• Pul 22:3
• To read the text of most of the above references, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/lordsprayer-mbe.htm
• See also:
  • Matthew's and Luke's versions of the Lord's Prayer compared (webpage article)
  • Lord's Prayer: the model for all prayer (webpage article)
  • Lord's Prayer-based response to 9/11 (webpage article)
  • Textual commentary of the Mat 6:9-13 version of The Lord's Prayer (webpage article)
• Mat 6:9 - KJV wording: Hallowed be thy name - modern wording: May your holy name be honored (TEV)
  • Luk 11:2
  • S&H 2:4
  • S&H 13:10-12
  • S&H 16:26-29
  • S&H 40:25
  • S&H 67:1
  • S&H 276:19
  • Mis 100:28-32 Who remembers
  • Mis 138:9-14
  • Mis 151:13-15
  • Mis 154:12
  • Mis 369:26-27
  • Un 18:10
  • Rud 1:5-9
  • No 40:23
  • Pan 15:5
  • '01 3:2
  • '01 7:8
  • '02 11:2
  • '02 19:29-30
  • Peo 8:24
  • Peo 9:11
  • Peo 12:27 our
  • My 188:2-5
  • My 225:17
  • My 265:31
  • See http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer1.htm
• Mat 6:10 - Your kingdom come...
  • Luk 11:2
  • S&H 16:30-3
  • Man 41:19
  • Mis 174:23
  • Mis 208:1-213:30
  • Mis 211:26-1
  • Pul 22:3
  • My 280:28
  • See http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer2.htm
• Mat 6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread.
  • Luk 11:3
  • S&H 17:4-5 (to 2nd ;)
  • Mis 307:1
  • Pan 14:4
  • My 196:26-28 spiritually
  • See http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer3.htm
• Mat 6:12 - Gr: apekamen - See TCGNT p. 13.
• Mat 6:12 - Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
  • To further explore the topic of forgiveness, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/forgiveness.htm.
  • Luk 11:4
  • S&H 5:22
  • S&H 6:18-24
  • S&H 7:27
  • S&H 10:31-20
  • S&H 17:6-7 (to ;)
  • S&H 22:3
  • S&H 24:20-2
  • S&H 201:20
  • S&H 339:1
  • S&H 363:14-7 Jesus
  • S&H 497:9
  • Man 15:10
  • Man 40:7-11
  • Mis 12:5
  • Mis 100:28
  • Mis 107:11
  • No 30:1-32:9
  • Pan 4:18-25
  • '01 20:9-23
  • See http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer4.htm
• Mat 6:13 - Lead us not into temptation...
  • 1Ch 29:11
  • Mat 6:13
  • Luk 11:4
  • S&H 7:27
  • S&H 16:15
  • S&H 17:8-15
  • S&H 17:12-15
  • S&H 158:16
  • Man 40:11
  • Mis 114:17
  • Mis 115:15-2
  • Mis 301:13-16 (to ;)
  • Un 63:3-7
  • '01 14:19-28
  • My 233:3-6
  • See http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer5.htm
• Mat 6:13 - Gr: ponerou - See TCGNT p. 13-14. {A}
• Mat 6:13 - omit KJV working: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)

• In the Textual Commentary of the Greek New Testament, Second Edition (NY: United Bible Societies, 1994, page 13-14), Bruce Metzger writes:

The ascription ["a form of prayer ascribing praise to God spoken by a minister, usually after a sermon" (Webster's Third)] at the close of the Lord's Prayer occurs in several forms... The absence of any ascription in early and important [ancient manuscripts], as well as early patristic commentaries on the Lord's Prayer... suggests that an ascription, usuallly in a threefold form, was composed (perhaps on the basis of 1 Chr 29:11-13) in order to adapt the Prayer for liturgical use in the early church.

• KJV wording:
• "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: [For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.]"
• Corrected wording that appears in other Bible versions owned and used by Mary Baker Eddy
• RV, ASV, Moulton: "And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." [ ]
• Rotherham, Weymouth: "And bring us not into temptation, But rescue us from the evil one." [ ]
• The same corrected wording that appears in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy
• S&H: "There is indeed some doubt among Bible scholars, whether the last line is not an addition to the prayer by a later copyist; but this does not affect the meaning of the prayer itself. In the phrase, "Deliver us from evil," the original properly reads, "Deliver us from the evil one." (S&H 16:11)
• Original Greek New Testament (upon which the above corrections are based)
• kai <2532> me <3361> eisenegkes <1533> hemas <1473> eis <1519> peirasmon <3986>, alla <235> rusai <4506> hemas <1473> apo <575> tou <3588> ponerou <4190>
• Mat 6:15 - Gr: anthropois - See TCGNT p. 14. {C}

TEACHING ABOUT FASTING - Mat 6:16-18

• Mat 6:16-18 - teaching about fasting
• Mat 6:18 - Gr: soi - See TCGNT p. 14. {A}
• Mat 6:18 - omit KJV wording: OPENLY - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)

TREASURE IN HEAVEN - Mat 6:19-21 (Luk 12:33-34)

• Mat 6:19-21 - treasure in heaven
  • Luk 12:33-34
• Mat 6:19-34 - Regarding riches, possessions, and benevolence, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/substance.htm and http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/christianlove.htm.
• Mat 6:19
• Mat 6:20
• Luk 12:21,33
• Jam 5:2,3
• S&H 241:5
• S&H 593:6
• Mat 6:20
• Luk 12:33
• Mat 6:19
• Luk 12:21
• S&H 593:6
• Mat 6:21
• Luk 12:34
• S&H 181:29
• S&H 262:25

THE LIGHT OF THE BODY - Mat 6:22-23 (Luk 11:34-36)

• Mat 6:22-23 - the light of the body
  • Luk 11:34-36
• Mat 6:22
• Luk 11:34
• S&H 393:25
• Mat 6:23
• Luk 11:34
• Luk 11:35
• Luk 11:36
• Ret 81:21
• Un 19:14

GOD AND POSSESSIONS AND CARES - Mat 6:24-34 (Luk 16:13)

• Mat 6:24-34 - God and possessions and cares
  • Luk 16:13
• Mat 6:24 - serve two masters / serve God and wealth
• Jam 4:4
• Regarding riches, possessions, and benevolence, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/substance.htm and http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/christianlove.htm.
• Mat 6:25 - Gr: [e ti piete] - See TCGNT p. 15. {C}
• Mat 6:25 - a/r: MEAT <5160> or: food
• Mat 6:25 - a/r: TAKE NO THOUGHT or: be not anxious
• Mat 6:25
• Luk 12:22,23
• Rud 12:23
• S&H 62:13,14
• S&H 165:0
• S&H 170:16
• S&H 228:20
• S&H 365:8
• S&H 382:11
• S&H 530:8
• Mat 6:27 - a/r: TAKE THOUGHT FOR or: worry about
• Mat 6:28 - Gr: auxanousin ou kopiosin oude nethousin - See TCGNT p. 15. {B}
• Mat 6:28 - a/r: TAKE NO THOUGHT or: be not anxious
• Mat 6:30
• Luk 12:28
• No 26:25
• Mat 6:31 - a/r: TAKE NO THOUGHT or: be not anxious
• Mat 6:31
• Luk 12:29
• Mis 245:3
• Mat 6:32
• Luk 12:30
• '02 19:23
• Mis 72:20
• Mat 6:33 - Gr: ten basileian [tou theou] kai ten dikaiosunen autou - See TCGNT pp. 15-16. {C}
• Mat 6:33 - seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness
• Luk 12:31
• Chr 53:13-16
• Chr 55:13
• Mis 270:11-20
• see also references to "kingdom" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/k.htm
• see also verse 33 at http://www.studylight.org/com/tsk/view.cgi?book=mt&chapter=006
• Mat 6:34 - a/r: TAKE NO THOUGHT or: be not anxious
• Mat 6:34
• Luk 12:32
• S&H 442:27
• Mis 149:30
• Mis 321:16
• Pul 9:22

JUDGING OTHERS - Mat 7:1-6 (Luk 6:37-38, 41-42)

• Mat 7:1-6 - judging others
  • Luk 6:37-38, 41-42
  • Jam 4:11
• Mat 7:1
• Eze 16:52-56
• Luk 6:37
• Joh 12:47,48
• Rom 2:1,2
• Rom 14:10-13
• 1Co 4:3-5
• Jam 3:1
• Jam 4:11,12
• S&H 344:18
• S&H 443:12
• To explore a related topic, browse "Christian correction" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/c.htm.
• Mat 7:2
• Mar 4:24
• Luk 6:38
• Jam 2:13
• Mis 209:8
• My 21:19
• S&H 5:11,12
• S&H 37:3
• Mat 7:3
• 2Sa 12:5-10
• 2Ch 28:9-11
• Psa 50:15-20
• Luk 6:41,42
• Luk 18:11
• Joh 8:7-9
• Gal 6:1
• Mat 7:5
• Psa 51:9-13
• Luk 6:42
• Mis 355:21
• S&H 455:14
• Mat 7:6
• Mis 89:16
• My 227:23
• S&H 272:17

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK - Mat 7:7-12 (Luk 11:9-13)

• Mat 7:7-12 - ask, seek, knock
  • Luk 11:9-13
• Mat 7:7-8 - ask..., seek..., knock...
• Jam 1:5
• To explore additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "ASK, SEEK, KNOCK" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/a.htm#ask-seek-knock.
• Mat 7:8
• Mat 7:7-8
• Mat 7:12 - Golden Rule [text]
• Luk 6:31 [text]
• Man 16:9-12
• Man 42:19-24
• Man 43:21-7
• Man 48:11-15
• Mis 90:13-20
• Mis 119:31-10
• Mis 146:15-19
• Mis 282:7-283:18
• Mis 235:27-2
• Ret 87:15-21
• '00 14:12-17
• My 266:2-9

THE NARROW GATE - Mat 7:13-14 (Luk 13:24)

• Mat 7:13 - Gr: plateia he pule - See TCGNT p. 16. {B}
• Mat 7:13-14 - strait gate and narrow way
• Luk 13:24
• To explore additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "STRAIT GATE... NARROW WAY" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/s.htm.
• Mat 7:14 - Gr: ti - See TCGNT p. 16-17. {B}
• Mat 7:14 - Gr: he pule - See TCGNT p. 17. {A}
• Mat 7:14
• Mat 19:24
• Act 14:22

A TREE AND ITS FRUIT - Mat 7:15-20 (Luk 6:43-44)

• Mat 7:15-20 - a tree and its fruit
  • Luk 6:43-44
• Mat 7:15
• My 215:20
• Mat 7:16
• Mat 12:33
• Luk 6:44
• Mis 27:16
• S&H 299:22
• S&H 539:23
• Mat 7:19
• S&H 6:28
• Mat 7:20
• Mat 12:33
• Luk 6:44
• S&H 342:27
• S&H 600:-2
• Man 49:6
• No 15:2
• Pan 10:5
• My 233:4
• My 306:19

I NEVER KNEW YOU - Mat 7:21-23 (Luk 6:46; 13:25-27)

• Mat 7:21-23 - I never knew you
  • Luk 6:46
  • Luk 13:25-27
• Mat 7:21 - KJV wording: heaven <3772, plural> - literal translation: the <3588> heavens <3772, plural> [Though "the heavens" is actually the correct translation here and in most places where "heaven" is used, Rotherham's translation, the Emphasized Bible, which was used by MBE and sold in the CSRR of her day, is the only one that actually translates it as "the heavens."]
• Mat 7:21
• Rom 2:13
• Jam 1:22-25
• My 352:19
• Mat 7:21-22
• Mat 25:11
• Luk 6:46
• Luk 13:25
• S&H 364:32
• Mat 7:23
• Luk 13:27
• My 161:9

THE TWO HOUSE BUILDERS AND THE TWO FOUNDATIONS - Mat 7:24-27 (Luk 6:47-49)

• Mat 7:24 - Gr: homoiothesetai - See TCGNT p. 17. {B}
• Mat 7:24-28 - the two house builders and the two foundations
  • Luk 6:47-49
• Mat 7:24
  • Jam 1:22

THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS - Mat 7:28-29 (Mar 1:22)

• Mat 7:28-29 - the authority of Jesus
  • Mar 1:22
• Mat 7:28 - KJV wording: had ended <4931> - corrected wording: had ended <5055> {different Greek word having basically the same meaning} - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)
• Mat 7:28
• Act 2:12
• Mat 7:29 - KJV wording: the <3588> scribes <1122> - corrected wording: their <846><3588> scribes <1122> {literally add: of them <846>; literal word order: the <3588> scribes <1122> of them <846>, or more smoothly rendered their scribes} - (based on the original text's correction of KJV's Greek text)
• Mat 7:29
• Joh 7:16,46
• S&H 14:30
• Mis 190:27
• Un 42:19
• Ret 58:10