jan 1, 80 - Sermon on the Mount

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• in “Matthew”
◦ New ethical approach to the laws of Moses
◦ Loving the despised and the outcast
◦ Emphasis on inward piety
- “When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret”

• Radically escalated the moral expectations of faith
◦ Gospels’ direct assault on the hypocrisy of powerful Jewish rivals

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