Update: July 13, 2016

[Separated file attached to the main PDF for IRENT G-Matthew - Readers Edition]

Sermon on the Mount (Ch. 5, 6, 7)

So-called Sermon on the Mount a

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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.]
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(Mt 5)
Setting of the Sermon

Mt 5:1-2 (cf. Lk 6:17-19)

5:1

And seeing the people there,

Yeshua went up to the mountainside.
And when he came to sit down
his talmidima gathered around him. [cf. 13:11]

5:2

Opening his mouth Yeshua

began teaching them:

<<Blessed ones belonging to Gods Kingdom reign>> 5:3-16

Gods poor people

Mt 5:3-10 {//Lk 6:20}

5:3

Gods Poor Ones: Beatitudesb

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.]
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Beatitudes

Mt 5:4-6 {//Lk 6:20-21}

5:4

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].
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5:5

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5:6

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Mt 5:7-10
5:7

Blessed are they, who are compassionate g [to all others]!

because it is they who shall receive compassion [God pours down].
Blessed are they, who are pureh as to the heart [Ps 73:1]
because it is they who shall come to see the Elohim. [Heb 12:14; cf. Jn 1:18]
Blessed are they, who live to bring Gods shalom! i [Jn 14:27 of Yeshua]
because it is they who shall be called Gods sons. [Cf. 5:45]
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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

Blessed are yo all [who belongs to the Kingdom 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 joyi]]!
[[/it is that]] [[/great]] is yor heavenly reward;ii
Indeediii, in the same way
they [[/persecuted]] the prophets even before yo suffer iv.

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.]
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Salt & Lighta

Persecuted ones as Salt & Light b

Mt 5:11-16
5:11-12 {Lk 6:22-23}
5:11@

5:12

5:13

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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?
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It is no longer good for anything,

but to be thrown outside to be trampled underfoot by people.
5:14

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.
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5:15 {//Mk 4:21; //Lk 8:16}

5:15
Neither do they kindle an oil-lamp
and place it underneath a grain-measuring vessel,
but on a lamp-stand,
letting light shine to all in the house.
5:16
In the same way let the very light of yall shine for others;

that, seeing the fine things that yo do,

they may give praise to yor heavenly+ Father f.
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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>>

5:17-48 <Torah is fulfilled in Him: New righteousness>

New righteousness

New righteousness

Mt 5:17-20
5:17@

Dont yo all think that [in my coming here] I have intention

to bring down a Torah or Nebiim b;
No, what Ive come for is not to bring it down [to render it irrelevant],
but to be bringing it to fullness c [for people to live it out]. [cf. Rm 10:4]
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Torah eternal

5:18 {//Lk 16:17} (Cf. Lk 21:33; Mk 13:31)

5:18

Yes, indeed! Im telling yo all:

Until the heavens and the earth [of the present order]
have passed away, [cf. Rev 21:1; Cf. Heb 8:12]
not one smallest letter yod, nor one single stroke in a letter
[in making up the whole Torah] d

shall ever pass away from the Torah,

until all things should take place [in me] e [v.4].
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5:19

So there, whosoever relaxes one of these commandments,

[even] one of the least,
and teaches others m to that effect,
they will be called unfit and
least as to the Kingdom reign of the Heavens,
[thus, unable to join it]:
but whosoever obeying and teaching them
this one shall be called great and fit
as to the Kingdom reign of the Heavens. [Lk 16:10]

5:20

Indeed, Im telling yo all,

unless your righteousness f [before men] goes above and beyond
that of the soferim and Pharisees,
yore never going to have come and
enterg into the Kingdom reign of the Heavens.
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5:17 bring down /x: annul; /xx: destroy KJV;

5:17 Torah ~ Nebiim (7:12); /x: the law ~ the prophets;
c 5:17 brought to fullness [for complete transformation through the Life and Death of Yeshua See Jn 13:34; 1Jn
2:8; 3:23a His new commandment. Yeshua Himself is beyond religion; is epitome and personification of Gods
dynamic, enduring and eternal grace.] [/x: Christ is the fulfillment of the Law done with it.]
d 5:18 not one yod, nor one stroke [Hebrew idiom its impossible]
e 5:18 in me [Jn 19:30; not sometime in the future]
f
5:20 righteousness [in keeping Torah to stand before men] [Cf. 6:33] righteousness from God]
g 5:20 come and enter into [//Mt 18:3] [Jn 3:5] [find themselves belong to Gods reign; /x: will go to heaven
after death]; /> enter;
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On taking others life

On taking others life

Mt 5:21-24
5:21

Thus, yo all have heard that it was said

to the people of our ancient time in the history:
<Yo shall not take others life> a;[=19:18] {Ex. 20:13; Dt. 5:17}
<There, whosoever takes others life
shall be accountable for it before the court justice.>
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5:22

I, b however, say this to yo-all:

Anyone who brings anger {Cf. 1Jn 3:15}
against a fellow brother {without a cause},
shall be accountable for it before the court justice;
yes, what I am saying to yo is this:
whosoever [in hatred] says to fellow brother <you, blockhead!>, c
shall be accountable for it even before the Sanhedrin d;
and whosoever says to him <you, good-for-thing fool! >
shall be accountable for it [to fit]
even for GeHinnom e of the [trash-burning] fire.
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5:23

5:24

So then Im telling any of yo:

if, say, youre bringing your gift [of sacrificial offering]
to the Altar of burnt-offering [in the Mishkan],
and come to recall there that
your fellow brother is holding something against you,
you must leave your gift there before the Altar,
and go back.
There, first, get all reconciledf to your fellow brother,
and then, return and present your offering.

5:25-26 {Lk 12:57-59}

5:25

5:26

Come to terms with your adversary in a lawsuit quickly,

while you are with him on the way [to court];
Otherwise, there is a danger that he may deliver you to the judge,
and the judge {deliver you} to the bailiff
to get you thrown into prison.
Yes, indeed. I tell you,
you shall by no means get out of there,
until you have paid the last penny.

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;
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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

I, however, say this to yo all:

that everyone who looks on a woman

to set his desire upon her [to gratify his lusts]
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mt 5:29-30 (//Mt 18:8-9) {//Mk 9:43-48}
Its yourself who sins
5:29
[As any of yo say,] if, yes, if your right eye could
ever cause you to stumble to sin
[in that case, why not] pluck it out and throw it away from you:
indeed, you would then be better
to have one part of your body lost,

rather than to have your whole body get thrown

into GeHinnom. [5: 22, 30; 10:28; 18:9]
And if [as you say] if your right hand could
ever cause you to stumble to sin,
[in that case, why not] cut it off
and throw it away from you:
indeed, you would then be better to have one part of your body lost,
rather than to have the whole of your body
ending up in GeHinnom.

5:30

On divorce
On divorce a

Mt 5:31-32 (Mk 10:4; Lk 16:18) (cf. Mt 19:3-9 //Mk 10:2-12)

5:31
It was also said:

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<If anyone puts away his wife, he shall provide her b

with a written statement of dissolution c.> {Deu 24:1, 3}
I, however, say this to yo all: d
anyone does put away his wife
on a ground other than sexual immoralities ,e [cf. Mt 19:9]
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5:32a

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he actually makes her turn into an adulteress

[when she gets re-married],
b

and whosoever marries {such} a woman

who is put away after this fashion
is, in fact, placing himself commit adultery as much: [+] f
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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.]
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On swearing to take oaths

On swearing to take oaths

Mt 5:33-37
5:33

Again, yo all have heard that it was said

to the people of our ancient time in yor history:
<You shall not take oaths without thought of keeping them>; {Lev 19:12}
moreover,
<You shall keep to YHWH [your Elohim]
your oaths [sworn to Him]>. {Nm 30:2; Deu 23:21}

5:34

I, however, say this to yo all:

not to take swear-oaths [as yo do] [23:16-22]
not at all!
neither by the Heaven,
as it is a throne of Elohim;
nor by the earth,
as it is a footstool for His feet;
nor by Yerushalayim,
as it is a city of the Great King,
nor shall you take oaths by your head,
as you cant make one hair strand white or black!
But let yor word <yes> means <yes>, <no> means <no>;
yes, more than that is from that which is wrong a!

5:35

5:36

5:37

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On retaliation

On retaliation

5:38-42 {//Lk 6:29-30}

5:38

5:39

Yo all have heard that it was said:

<An eye for an eye; and a tooth for a tooth>:b

{Ex 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deu 19:21]

I, however, say this to yo all:

Dont put yourselves up against the neighbor
who has done wrongs to yo . c [//v. 44]
Should someone slap one of you on the face
say, on the right cheek,
how about having the other cheek turned to him d? [v. 39b //Lk 6:29a]
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5:40

5:41

And someone wants to take you to a court

say, to take your shirt?
let him have your robe as well. [v. 40 //Lk 6:29b]
And whoever under authority will commandeer you
into service for one mile [to carry a burden],
go with him two miles.

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]
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5:41

And whoever under authority will commandeer you

into service for one mile [to carry a burden],
go with him two miles.

5:42

If someone asks you [for something to borrow]

give [and dont turn your back];
and if someone wishes to borrow from you

dont turn away.

Love be without limit

Mt 5:43-48 {//Lk 6:27-28; 32-36}

5:43
Yo all have heard that it was said: {Lev 19:18b}

Love be without limit

<You shall lovea your neighbor b> [Mt 19:19; 23:39]

Yove even heard,
<you should refuse to love c who are against you.> d
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{cf. Lev 19:17}

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5:44

I, however, say this to yo all:

<Be yo lovinge [even] those who are against yo. [//v. 39]
{Keep on giving blessed words f those cursing yo;
keep on doing good things to those who do not love yo;}
and keep on praying for those {ill-treating yo
and} persecuting yo>. [v. 44 //Lk 6:27-28] [cf. 5:10]
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5:45

Doing this, then, yo may prove yourselves to be sons

[cf. 5:9]

of yor heavenly Father:

See what He does
the sun rises on bad and good people alike
and rain falls on righteous and unrighteous people.
+

See what He does the sun rises on worse people

as well as good alike
and rain falls on righteous people
as well as unrighteous alike.
5:46

Can you see it now?

When all yo do is to love those who love yo,

what reward do yo have?

Why, even those despised turncoat tax-profiteers g do that!
And if yo would greet only yor own people {/mss},
is it something remarkable yo are doing?
Dont even people of the Gentile nations {/mss}
do the very same thing?
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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.]
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5:48

So then yo on yor part shall be to the fullest a

in loving others b,
as yor very Father in the heavens{/mss} c is to the fullest [cf. Lk 6:27-28]
in His love [+with no bounds].
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(Mt 6)
6:1-18 <New righteousness: Living out in Gods presence>
Acts of righteousness: Making gifts of mercy, Prayer, Fasting

Living out righteousness

Mt 6:1
6:1

{Now} make certain that

yo are not doing yor act of righteousness d
in front of others to catch their eyes. [cf. 5:14-16]
Otherwise, yore missing out something of reward e
with yor heavenly+ Father
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On making gifts of mercy

When you give gifts-of-mercy

Mt 6:2-4
6:2

Well then, each of yo,

upon making gifts of mercy f,
do not have a trumpet g blowing before you
like those hypocrites h
the way they do in the synagogues and on the streets [showing off]
so that they may be praised by people.
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Yes, indeed. Im saying to yo all,

they have already received the reward due to them.
6:3

6:4

You, however, when each of yo make gifts of mercy,

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.]
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On prayer

When you pray

Mt 6:5-8
6:5

And when yore praying,

yo must not be like the hypocrites [of religiosity]:
When they wish to pray,
they love to take up their stand in the synagogues,
even at the town places where people gather,
having a desire in their mind

for attracting the notice of their fellow men.

Yes! Im telling yo all,
they have already received the reward due to them.
6:6

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]
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{who is} [present with you] unseen in sight.

Again, your Father who sees
what you have done unseen in sight
will render b to you {openly}.
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6:7

When it comes for yo to pray,

do not chatter and babble repetitiously c
like the people of nations do:
as they think that with many words piled up
they will secure a hearing.
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6:8

So, dont be like them:

after all, the Father of all of yo knows well
what it is that yo are in need of,
before ever yo have asked Him.

6:6 inner room /x: closet KJV;

6:4, 6, 18 render (Gk. apodidmi /x: repay; /x: reward; /> respond
c
6:7 chatter and babble repetitiously (battologeo ) [with ritualized prayers in vain repetition, such as
rushing off with so-called Lords Prayer (Pater Noster in Latin for Our Father), etc.]
a

Lords Prayer Have your name sanctified

So-called Lords Prayer

Mt 6:9-15 {//Lk 11:2-4}

a
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In this manner, then, on yor part, be yo praying

b

6:9

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<O Abba c [5:45] our heavenly Father d

Have your very namee be sanctified and honored! f
Bring your Kingdom reign come g[5:3; 6:33]
Bring h your will and desire be accomplished! i
as in Heaven, so also [+through us] on earth. j[Cf. Heb 1:10]
187F

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

And forgive our debts o [owed to you]

in the same way as also [cf. Mk 11:25]
we ourselves forgive {and have forgiven}
those who are in debt to us; [vv. 14-15].

6:12

198F

And bring us not to a place of being to put to test p

[unable to keep Your name honored]; [v. 9].
and take q us away from the [power of] evilr.>

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

the name of Elohim that which stands for God is to be honored.]

b 6:9 praying [+] [+ to hear Him and let Him hear in your praying]; [cf. Jn 9:31] [Not same as petition]
c 6:9 *Abba [Aramaic word (Mk 14:36) for Gk. Pater]; [father is a relational term. Cf. Jn 1:12.]; /Father most;
d 6:9 Our ~, O heavenly One [= editors voice within a voice of Yeshua. Absent in //Lk 11:2]/Our Father in
heaven most; /x: ~ which art in heaven KJV; [Cf. YHWH our father Isa 63:16; 64:]
e 6:9 your very name [= Heb. haShem (literally the name), common Judaic way to refer to the Hebrew
Tetragrammaton *YHWH (Yahueh > Yahweh; /x: Jehovah), which is usually buried up in Christian mindset.]
f 6:9 have ~ sanctified and honored [a pledge more than petitioning = to sanctify everything of us, with us, and
in us to bring honor to His name (Cf. 1Sam 2:30) = to love your God (Mt 22:37)] /x: may ~ be honored NET, etc.;
/x: hallowed be ~ KJV (- archaic);
g 6:10 come [+] [+ and sweep over us] [Yes, it has to come and shall come; and well be a part of it.]
h 6:10 Bring ~ to be [= Yes, it has to be and shall be; and we will be a part of it.]
i 6:10 be accomplished [= Yes, it has to be and shall be]
j 6:10 on earth [+through us] [we will be a part of it.]
k 6:11 bread [of Life] [As the New Manna with allusion in Jn 6:35; Exo 16:33 //Heb 9:4 (manna as gift of heaven,
sign of His presence, and promise of His salvation).] [not food for physical and material provision, but for spiritual
nourishment. Cf. Mt 4:4]
l 6:11 in full measure [See Appendix for the Gk hapax epiousios]
m 6:11 provide us [cf. Pro 30:8b feed me with food that is my portion NASB.]
n 6:11 today [//Lk 11:3 day by day]
o 6:12 debts (let go of) [//Lk 11:4 sins] (In Aramaic, the same word for debt as well as sin.)
p 6:13 test [+] [+ failing to keep Your name honored] [v. 9] /x: trial; /xx: *temptation KJV;
q 6:13 take us away from [not from out of!]; /> deliver from - KJV; /x: rescue from; /x: save from;
r 6:13 the [power of] evil [as synecdoche = the reality of evil in the world.] [Unjustifiably, *evil in many Bibles is
personified (e.g. 2Th 3:3; 1Jn 5:18, 19) to equate this to satan.] [Cf. Jn 17:15 (out of the evil power)] [cf. 2Tm 4:18.];
/> evil - KJV; /x: the evil one many; /xx: the Evil one; /xx: the Evil One;
s 6:13c <doxology> {For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.} [1Ch 29:11]; (+mss
some keeps within the text (KJV); in italics/brackets/footnote, or omitted) [cf. Psa 79:9]

6:14

6:15

v. 12 [Yeshua adds an explanation]

Indeed, [as to such forgiving on the part of yo:]
if yo let yor fellow men

go off their wrongdoings,

yor heavenly Father
is going to let yo also go off. {5:7}
But if yo let other people
not go off their wrongdoings, {Mk 11:25; Mt 18:35}
neither will yor Father let yo
go off yor wrongdoings.

On fasting

When you are on fasting

Mt 6:16-18

When on a fasting, don't put on a long-faced look

like the hypocrites [of religiosity] do;
yo see, they put on made-up faces to make people notice
that they really are on a fasting.

6:16

Yes! Im saying to yo,

they have received all their reward in full.
6:17

6:18

But each of yo, however, when you on your part do a fasting,

have oil poureda on your head and have your face cleansed
so that you would not show your fasting to other people
but rather to your Father, the One [with you] unseen in sight;
Then, your Father who sees [what is being done] unseen in sight,
will render to you.

6:19-34<<New righteousness Re. possessions and life provision>>

Your treasures

Mt 6:19-21 {//Lk 12:33b-34}

6:19

Be yo not treasuring up treasures

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

But keep on treasuring up treasures

for yourselves in Heaven,
where neither moth nor rust eats up
and where thieves do not break in or steal.

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; /

Mt 6:21-23 {//Lk 11:34-35}

6:22@
What the very lamp of the body is,

lamp and eye; spirit of generosity

the eye is. a

Well then, if your eye is sound,
lit up will be your whole body;
But if your eye is sickened,
darkened will be your whole body. b
Then, if what should be the very light in you
does turn into darkness,
how terribly dark will it be!
204F

6:23

205F

Divided loyalty to two masters, God vs. mammon

Mt 6:24 {//Lk 16:13}

Two masters; God vs. mammon
6:24@
No one can be serving two masters;
In fact, either a person will less love c the one

and love the other;

Or, will hold onto the one
206F

and be less loyal to the other. [cf. 1Jn 2:15]

Yo cant be slaving for a God-being and also for mammond.
207

Stop worrying over earthly things

6:25-34 {//Lk 12:22 31}

Stop worrying
6:25
[Yo even seem to love worrying and complaining with bitterness!]

On this account, I say to yo:

be yo not worrying e
[to care] for yor own being of life f,
about food or water g for yor need to sustain life;
nor for yor body
about how to provide something to wear. [v. 31]
Isnt there more to yor own being of life
than the food yo need,
and more to the body other than the clothes?
208F

209F

210F

6:26

Look at those birds in the sky and observe them:

[that] they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns,
still it is yor heavenly Father
who keeps feeding them.
Are yo not of much more worth than they are?

6:27

And which one of yo can add to his life-span

even a single bit by worrying about it?

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

Why! yo worrying about clothes!?

Why should yo?
Learn from the wild flowers in the field to see how they grow:
they dont labor, nor spin [or weave]:
Yet I say to yo that even Solomona in all his splendor
was not dressed up like any of these!
But if God does clothe grass in the field this way,
which is only here today
but, tomorrow, to be thrown into a furnace
will He not much more do for yo?
O what little faith is that yo have!

6:31

Then, [make up yor mind and] stop worrying, [v. 25]

[such worrying as yo are fond of] saying
<How we get something to feed ourselves?>
or, <How we get water?>
or, <How we provide some clothes to put on?>

6:32

It is, yo see, all these things that the Gentiles b

are eagerly pursuing after.
The fact is, yor heavenly Father knows that
yo have need of these all of them.
Then, instead, keep on foremost seeking
the Kingdom reign [5:3,10; 6:10] {of Elohim c}
and the righteousness [5:6,10] from Him; d
then, all those things [yo are in need of] e
shall be added on to yo.
21F

6:33

213F

214F

215F

6:34

So, never be anxious

in worrying about what tomorrow will bring:
yo see, tomorrow will simply worry about itself:
<Each day has enough trouble of its own!>

6:29 Solomon [Heb. Shelomoh, son of King Dawid]

6:32 Gentiles [+] [+ of nations who dont belong to Gods Kingdom reign]
c
6:33ff Elohim [Also in Mt 19:24; 21:31, 43] [Gk. the God]; /God most;
d
6:33 from Him /of Him; [being righteous before God, in contrast to righteous for men]
e
6:33 things [you are in need of] [provision; not prosperity, abundance, possession]
a

(Mt 7)
7:1-12 <<New Righteousness Toward Others>>
To judge others

Mt 7:1-5 {//Lk 6:37-38, 41-42} (cf. Mk 4:24)

How and how not to judge othersa
7:1
Be yo not judging down others [as yo do now],
that way yore not going to get judged b down:
7:2
For, with whatever standard of judgment yo judge down,
yo will find yourselves judged down;
217F

and with whatever measure yo are measuring out,

the same shall be measured out to yo. [cf. 7:12]
7:3

7:4

7:5

Then, why is that you are looking at the splinter of wood

in your fellow brother's eye,
but fail to take notice of that plank of wood
in your own eye?
Or, how can you say to your fellow brother,
<Let me take out the splinter from your eye>?
And, look! the plank in your own eye!
You pedantic hypocrite
take out first the plank out of your own eye,
and then you are going to see clearly enough
and then you will see clearly so that you can take out the splinter
from your fellow brother's eye. [cf. Rm 2:1]
Discernment with Gods wisdom

7:6
7:6

Dont give what is sacred c to the dogs, d

nor throw down yor pearls in front of the hogs;
if you do, hogs may well trample them down with their feet
and dogs turn and tear yo up.
218F

A.S.K

Mt 7:7-11 {//Lk 11:9-13}

7:7
[+ When yo are who yo are,] [+ foremost, ask what yo should ask for]
[Gods righteousness] [cf. 5:6; 6:33]

A.S.K.

Keep on asking for

and it will be given to yo; e
keep on seeking
and yo will find;
keep on knocking on
and it will be opened to yo.
7:1-5 <To judge others> [The text does not tell not to judge, but how one should judge (v.5). (Ezk 3:18) and how
not to judge - judgmental attitude of Im right; youre wrong; and hypocritical judgment] [ they shall judge the
people with righteous judgment - Deu 16:18]
b 7:1 get judged /x: God will not judge GNB; /
c 7:6 sacred [word play - Aramaic semi-split word meaning nose-ring (of ornament)] /x: holy;
d
7:6 dogs and hogs [word play. Alludes to blasphemers.] - Aramaic semi-split word meaning nose-ring (of
ornament)] /x: holy;
e 7:7 given to you [not to hold, but to give to others]
a

7:8

Indeed, everyone a who keeps on asking for

is receiving,
and everyone who keeps on seeking
is finding,
and to everyone who keeps on knocking
it shall be opened.
Or, is there among yo anyone
who will hand out something like a stone pebble
when his son in his need asks for a loaf of bread?
Or, who will hand out something like a [water] snake
when asked for a fish he needs?
219F

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 7:12 {//Lk 6:31}

7:12
In all matters, since thats the case,

So-called Golden Rule c

21F

whenever there is something

yo would like others be doing to yo,
so also yo on yor part be doing to them [cf. 7:1]
this is, in fact, [that which may be read from]
Torah and Nebiim d.[cf. 22:40]
2F

<<Challenge to make a choice>> 7:13-27

The narrow gate & way the Way of Yeshua
Gates and Roads e

Mt 7:13-14
7:13

23F

[Seek and] enter in

through the narrow gate:
and broad is the road f
the one leading to Destruction!
yes, many are entering there through it.
How narrow {is the gate} and constricted is the road
the one leading to Life!
yes, few are there finding it [as revealed].

[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

Mt 7:15-20 {//Lk 6:43-45}

7:15
{Now} beware of the false prophets a,
who come to yo in sheep's fleece,
but underneath they are ravenous wolves.

Warning: false prophets

25F

7:16

It is by the fruit of their lives

that yo are to recognize them b:
26F

Surely people never gather grapes from thorny thistles

7:17

7:18

7:19

7:20

or figs from thistles, do they?

So every good tree produces fine fruit;
but the unhealthy tree produces worthless fruit.
It is not possible for a good tree to produce worthless fruit,
nor for an unhealthy tree to produce fine fruit. [15:10]
Every tree which does not produce fine fruit
is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Really, then, by the fruit of their lives yo are to recognize them.

Warning: those doing other than Fathers desire

Mt 7:21-26 (Cf. v. 21 Lk 6:46; 13:26-27)

7:21

Not everyone who calls me <Master master c> [15:7-9]

will get into the Kingdom reign of the Heavens;
but the one who is doing what my heavenly+ Father desires,
the One in the heavens.
27F

7:22

Many will say to me on that Day,

<Master master Was it not in your name weve prophesied,
and in your name weve cast out demonic spirits,
and in your name weve done many powerful-works?>

7:23

Then I will tell them to their faces:

<Never really I had yo with me to know yo
[and for yo to know me]!

Get away from me,

bunch of yo, living away from Gods law!> [Ps 6:8] [Cf. Deu 28:15]

Two foundations
Mt 7:24-27 {//Lk 6:47-49}
7:24

Two foundations

Everyone, therefore, hearing my words as these

and living-out by doing them,
will be like a prudent man,
who has a house built upon the bed-rock [Cf. Psa 127:1]
he chooses [for its foundation] d:
28F

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

and the rain came down and the floods came up

and the winds blew and lashed against that house,
but it did not fall
because it was founded upon the solid bed-rock.
And everyone who, hearing these words of mine,
does not live out doing them,
will be like a man foolish in thinking,
who has a house built upon the sandy-bed
he chooses [for its foundation]:
and the rain came down
and the floods came up
and the winds blew and struck against that house,
and it fell, and great was its crashing down.

7:26

7:27

Epilogue of the Sermon of the Mount

<<Epilogue>>
Mt 7:28 29 (cf. Mk 1:22; Lk 4:32)
7:28

And it came to be

when Yeshua had finished these words,

7:29

the multitudes were shocked [and overwhelmed]

being astounded at his teaching:
because he taught them as one having authority [of his own]
and not like their soferim a.
29F

(Mt 8)
Mt 8:1
8:1

And when Yeshua had come down from the mountain,

large crowds followed him.

End of the Sermon on the Mount

13

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.]

<<Blessed people in Gods Kingdom reign>> 5:3-16

5:3-10
5:11-16

{//Lk 6:20-21}

Eight Beatitudes
Persecuted ones as Salt & Light

<<Greater righteousness>> 5:17-7:12

5:17-48

Torah is fulfilled in Him: New righteousness

5:17-20
5:21-26
5:27-28
5:29-30
5:31-32
5:33-37
5:38-42
5:43-48

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}

On taking others life

On adultery
Its yourself who sins. (//Mt 18:8-9)
On divorce (cf. Mt 19:3-9; //Mk 10:2-12)
On taking oaths to God
On retaliation
Love be without limit

New righteousness Living out in Gods presence

6:1
Living out righteousness
6:2-4
giving gifts-of-mercy
6:5-6
How one should prayer
6:7-15
6:16-18

{//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

When you are on fasting

New righteousness Re. possessions and life provision
6:19-21
{//Lk 12:33b-34}
On yor treasures
Lamp and eye; spirit of generosity
Two masters; God vs. mammon
Stop worrying

New Righteousness Toward others

7:1-5
7:6
7:7-11
7:12

{//Lk 6:37-38, 41-42}

How not to judge others. (cf. Mk 4:24)

{//Lk 11:9-13}
{//Lk 6:31}

Discernment with Gods wisdom

A.S.K.
So-called Golden Rule

<<Challenge to make the choice>>7:13-27

7:13-14
7:15-20
7:21-26

{//Lk 13:23-24}
{//Lk 6:43-45}
(cf. Lk 6:46; 13:26-27)

The narrow gate & way

Warning: false prophets
Warning: those doing other than Fathers
desire

7:24-27

{//Lk 6:47-49}

Two foundations

<<Epilogue>> 7:28 29; <<Closure>> 8:1

<Outline of the Lukan Sermon on the Plain> Lk 6:17-49

G-Luke Lk 6:17-49
6:17-19
6:20-23
6:24-26
6:27-36
6:37-42
6:43-45
6:46-49
7:1

G-Mt 5:1 7:29

5:1-2
5:3-10

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]

cf. Blessing for obedience - Deu 28)

[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]

cf. Blessing for obedience - Deu 28)

[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]
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5:12 indeed\GAR; /> for; /in fact; /you see; /

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5:12 even before you suffer /[who lived] before you AUV; /gone before you; /