[Footnote a: There is little doubt that the discourses given by Matthew and Luke are the same, Matthew locating it on "the mountain," and Luke "on a level place," which might easily be a level spot on a mountain. (See note at end of this book, note 9.) Observe that they begin and end alike, and pursue the same general order. Luke omits various matters of special interest to Matthew's Jewish readers (_e.g._ Matt. 5:17-42), and other matters that he himself will give elsewhere (_e.g._ Luke 11:1-4; 12:22-31); while Luke has a few sentences (as ver. 24-26, 38-40), which are not given by Matthew.] _The Place and the Audience_ Matt. 5:1-2 |Luke 6:17-19 | 1 And seeing the multitudes, he|17 And he came down with them, went up into the mountain: and | and stood on a level place, and when he had sat down, his | a great multitude of his 2 disciples came unto him: and he| disciples, and a great number opened his mouth and taught | of the people from all Judea them, saying, | and Jerusalem, and the sea | coast of Tyre and Sidon, which | came to hear him, and to be |18 healed of their diseases; and | they that were troubled with | unclean spirits were healed. |19 And all the multitude sought to | touch him: for power came forth | from him, and healed _them_ | all. _1. The Introduction: The Beatitudes and the Woes. Privileges of the Messiah's Subjects_