We skip the healing miracles in Luke that are mentioned in Mark. We go to Luke's version of the Beatitudes. The Sermon on the Mount becomes the Sermon on the plain. "A huge crowd gathers including Gentiles from Tyre and Sidon. (Typical of Luke, the Gentile.) In Luke there are four Beatitudes matched by four Woes. They are not addressed to the crowds. As in Matthew, it is the disciples who are taught the Beatitudes. Luke is more based on social issues than spiritual ones; poverty, hunger, sorrow, exclusion. Luke, more than the other evangelists teaches freedom from material possessions.
Luke's method of replacing happiness with woes is for emphasis. There is no room for softness of teaching.
Luke's method of replacing happiness with woes is for emphasis. There is no room for softness of teaching.
- Beatitudes are taught only to disciples. cf Matthew
- Disciples are people who leave the crowd and come to be taught.
- They replace the Old Law. Jesus is compared to Moses as the new Lawgiver.
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