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  "id": "dict_005192",
  "term": "Sermon on the Mount",
  "slug": "sermon-on-the-mount",
  "letter": "S",
  "entry_type": "theological_term",
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  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ extended teaching in Matthew 5–7, where He explains the righteousness, character, and kingdom life expected of His disciples.",
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  "description_academic_short": "The Sermon on the Mount refers to Jesus’ major block of teaching in Matthew 5–7. In it, Jesus speaks about blessings, true righteousness, prayer, love for enemies, trust in God, judging rightly, and obedience from the heart. Christians differ on some details of how its commands relate to the kingdom and to the church, but it clearly presents the moral and spiritual demands of life under Christ’s lordship.",
  "description_academic_full": "The Sermon on the Mount is the name commonly given to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5–7. It opens with the Beatitudes and continues with instruction on the law, anger, lust, marriage, truthfulness, retaliation, love for enemies, giving, prayer, fasting, material possessions, anxiety, discernment, and wholehearted obedience. Conservative interpreters generally agree that this sermon reveals the true intent of God’s righteous standard and calls Jesus’ followers to sincere obedience flowing from the heart rather than mere outward religion. Orthodox Christians have understood some aspects of its application differently—especially in relation to the kingdom, the church, and questions of literal or situational practice—but the sermon is plainly a foundational summary of discipleship under the authority of Christ.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
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  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
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  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus’ extended teaching in Matthew 5–7, where He explains the righteousness, character, and kingdom life expected of His disciples.",
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  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}