17 Don't think that I've come to destroy the law of Moses or the prophets. I haven't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
18 Until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or tittle will pass from the law, until all is fulfilled.
19 So whoever breaks even one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do so, will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys the law and teaches others to do so will be great in the kingdom of heaven.
Moses said this, but I say that…
21 You've heard about the law of Moses that says “Thou shalt not kill.”
22 But I say that whoever calls someone a fool is in danger of going to hell.
Some legal advice
25-26 If you get in a dispute with someone, settle as soon as possible. Otherwise the judge will throw you in jail, and you'll stay there until you pay every last penny.
Adultery in the heart
27 You've heard about the law of Moses that says, "Don't commit adultery."
28 But I say that if a man looks at a woman with lust, he has already committed adultery in his heart.
Pluck out your eye, cut off your hand
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, cut it out. Because it's better to lose an eye than go hell.
30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better to lose a hand than go to hell.
Divorce
32 Whoever divorces his wife, except for when she has committed fornication, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
The text doesn't provide a name of the mountain or say where it was located, so no one knows where it was. But that hasn't stopped believers from building churches on the various hills in Galilee, claiming the sites to be the mountain where the sermon supposedly took place.
