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Matthew’s gospel alternates between six narrative and five teaching sections (5-7,10,13,18,23-25).  Each of the teaching sections conclude with a statement to the effect of when Jesus had finished saying/teaching (all) these things (7:28,11:1,13:53, 19:1,26:1). Some think that Matthew laid the teaching of Jesus out in five sections to mirror the five books written by Moses.  That mayContinue reading “The Challenging Beatitudes”