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The work presents an overall reading strategy, then guides readers through key textual units in Matthew 5–7 with close engagement of themes, terms, and structure. It culminates in a theological sketch connecting the Sermon to the theology of wholeness and mature life within the kingdom of heaven, integrating scripture quotations across major translations.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n© 2017 by Jonathan T. Pennington  \nPublished by Baker Academic  \na division of Baker Publishing Group  \nPO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287  \n[www.bakeracademic.com](www.bakeracademic.com)  \nEbook edition created 2017  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  \nISBN 978-1-4934-0663-0  \nUnless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are the author ’s translation.  \nScripture quotations labeled ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2011  \nScripture quotations labeled NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version® . NIV® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights [reserved worldwide. ](reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com)[www.zondervan.com](reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com)  \nScripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThe labors behind this book are dedicated to the David and Christa Arney family of Northwest Oklahoma, salt-of-the-earth and light-of-the-world people in whom I have witnessed Christ-centered and kingdom-oriented suffering, wholeness, and flourishing.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor where your treasure is there also will be your heart.  \nMatthew 6:21  \nNo one is able to serve two lords, for the one he will hate and the other he will love, or he will be devoted to the one and think little of the other. You are not able to serve money and God.  \nMatthew 6:24  \nThe kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.  \nMatthew 13:45 (ESV)  \nHe went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.  \nMatthew 19:22 (ESV)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCover i  \nTitle Page iii  \nCopyright Page iv  \nDedication v  \nEpigraphs vi  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nAbbreviations xi  \nTranslation of the Sermon on the Mount xv  \nIntroduction: An Overall Reading Strategy for the Sermon  1  \nPart 1: Orientation  17  \n1. The Encyclopedic Context of the Sermon  19  \n2. Makarios: Macarisms underneath and in the Beatitudes 41  \n3. Teleios: Wholeness throughout the Sermon  69  \n4. Seven More Key Terms and Concepts in the Sermon  87  \n5. The Structure(s) of the Sermon and Its Setting within Matthew  105  \nPart 2: Commentary  135  \n6. Matthew 5:1–16  137  \n7. Matthew 5:17–48  169  \n8. Matthew 6:1–21  209  \n9. Matthew 6:19–34  237  \n10. Matthew 7:1–12  253  \n11. Matthew 7:13–8:1  269  \nPart 3: Theological Reflection  287  \n12. The Sermon on the Mount and the Theology of Human Flourishing: A Sketch  289  \nAuthor Index  311  \nScripture and Ancient Writings Index  317 Back Cover  327  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis book has been a long time in the making, both in thought and in writing. As a student and scholar of the Gospel according to Matthew for nearly fifteen years, it was inevitable that I was drawn into the beautiful but nearly inescapable vortex that is the Sermon on the Mount.  \nThe idea behind providing a commentary on the Sermon that also sets it into its historical, conceptual, and theological contexts came directly from many years of teaching on the Sermon. 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