The Sermon on the Mount

5:1-2 Introduction
1 5:3 - 16 Exordium
A. 5:3 - 12 Ten Macarisms “(“The Beatitudes”)
B. 5:13 - 16 The Commission: two declarations
2 5:17 – 7:12 The Way of Life
A. 5:17 – 48 The Interpretation of Torah
I. Four hermeneutical Principles 5:17-20
a. Concerning Jesus’ teaching as a whole
b. Concerning the text of Torah
c. Concerning the authority of Jesus
d. Concerning eschatological righteousness
II. The “antitheses” 5:21 – 48
a. On murder 21 – 26
b. On adultery 27 – 30
c. On divorce 31 – 32
d. On swearing an oath 33 – 37
e. On retaliation 38 – 42
f. On the enemy 43 – 48
B. 6:1 – 18 The Practice of the Cult
I. Exhortation 6:1
II. Three Cultic Acts 6:2-18
a. Almsgiving 2-4
b. Prayer 1 5-6
c. Prayer 2 7 – 15
d. Fasting 16 - 18
C. 6:19 – 7:12 Conduct of the Daily Life
I. On Gathering Treasure 6:19 – 21
II. On Vision 6:22 – 23
III. On Serving Two Masters 6:24
IV. On Worry 6:25 – 34
V. On Judging 7:1 – 5
VI. On Profaning the Holy 7:6
VII. On Giving and Receiving 7:7 – 11
VIII. Hermeneutic Principle: The Golden Rule 7:12
3 7:13-23 Eschatological Warnings
A. 7:13 – 14 The Two Ways and the Two Gates
B. 7:15 – 20 The False Prophets
C. 7:21 – 23 Self Delusion
4 7:24 – 26 Peroration: a double parable
A. 7:24 – 25 The Successful Student
B. 7:26 – 27 The Failing Student
Conclusion 7:28 - 29