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== Context ==
<blockquote>Matthew 5:1 And seeing the crowds He went up into the mountain, and upon His sitting His students came to Him. 2 And opening His mouth He instructed them, saying:</blockquote>All of these words are instructions for “His students”. It cannot be imagined that they should be applied to His enemies, or to the ungodly. There are other scriptures which command His students concerning the ungodly, to have nothing to do with them.
== Old Testament Foundations ==
== Old Testament Foundations ==
[[Isaiah]] 49 contains many similar statements to those found in the Sermon on the Mount
[[Isaiah]] 49 contains many similar statements to those found in the Sermon on the Mount

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Context

Matthew 5:1 And seeing the crowds He went up into the mountain, and upon His sitting His students came to Him. 2 And opening His mouth He instructed them, saying:

All of these words are instructions for “His students”. It cannot be imagined that they should be applied to His enemies, or to the ungodly. There are other scriptures which command His students concerning the ungodly, to have nothing to do with them.

Old Testament Foundations

Isaiah 49 contains many similar statements to those found in the Sermon on the Mount