--- title: The Sermon on the Mount — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Sermon on the Mount», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Matthew's Gospel, chapters 5 to 7, Jesus sits on a hillside and teaches a crowd what life in God's kingdom looks like. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / The Sermon on the Mount # The Sermon on the Mount Lesson 17 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/0/) — In Matthew's Gospel, chapters 5 to 7, Jesus sits on a hillside and teaches a crowd what life in God's kingdom looks like. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/1/) — Christians call it the Sermon on the Mount. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/2/) — It begins with the Beatitudes, blessings for people the world often overlooks: the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart and the peacemakers. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/3/) — Then come hard sayings: love your enemies, turn the other cheek, do to others what you would have them do to you, do not judge, do not worry, store up treasure in heaven. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/4/) — Jesus says his followers are salt and light: they should make the world better and let their good deeds be seen, not for their own praise but so that people give glory to God. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/5/) — For a child today it means: stop a fight instead of joining it, wish good even for someone who was mean, check your own faults before pointing at others, and care more about people than about stuff. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/6/) — The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus' great teaching on a hillside, found in Matthew chapters 5 to 7. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/8/) — Jesus said, «Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God». - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/10/) — Jesus said, «Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you». - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/11/) — Jesus said that if someone strikes you on one cheek, you should offer the other instead of taking revenge. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/12/) — How far «turn the other cheek» applies, for example to self-defence or war, is disputed among Christians. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/13/) — Jesus' Golden Rule is «Do to others what you would have them do to you» (Matthew 7:12). - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/14/) — Many other faiths, including Judaism and Islam, teach a rule very like the Golden Rule. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/15/) — Jesus told people not to worry about tomorrow, because God feeds the birds and clothes the lilies of the field. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/16/) — Jesus said, «Do not store up treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy», and, «Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also». - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/17/) — Jesus said to take the plank out of your own eye before taking the speck out of your brother's eye. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/18/) — Christians believe loving your enemy means wanting good for them; it does not mean letting them keep hurting you. - ← previous: [The miracles of Jesus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/) - next →: [The Last Supper and the crucifixion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)