6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) - Matt 5: 33-37
Daily Gospel Exegesis
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🗓️ 11 February 2023
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Matthew 5: 17-37 - 'You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors, but I say this to you.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
• 581 (in 'Jesus and the Law') - The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi. He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of the Law. Yet Jesus could not help but offend the teachers of the Law, for he was not content to propose his interpretation alongside theirs but taught the people "as one who had authority, and not as their scribes". In Jesus, the same Word of God that had resounded on Mount Sinai to give the written Law to Moses, made itself heard anew on the Mount of the Beatitudes. Jesus did not abolish the Law but fulfilled it by giving its ultimate interpretation in a divine way: "You have heard that it was said to the men of old. . . But I say to you. . ." (abbreviated).
• 2153 (in 'Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain') - In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained the second commandment: "You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' But I say to you, Do not swear at all.... Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from the evil one." Jesus teaches that every oath involves a reference to God and that God's presence and his truth must be honored in all speech. Discretion in calling upon God is allied with a respectful awareness of his presence, which all our assertions either witness to or mock.
• 592 (in 'Jesus and Israel's faith in the one God and Saviour') - Jesus did not abolish the Law of Sinai, but rather fulfilled it (cf Mt 5:17-19) with such perfection (cf Jn 8:46) that he revealed its ultimate meaning (cf Mt 5:33) and redeemed the transgressions against it (cf Heb 9:15). • 2466 (in 'Living in the Truth') - In Jesus Christ, the whole of God's truth has been made manifest. "Full of grace and truth," he came as the "light of the world," he is the Truth. "Whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness." The disciple of Jesus continues in his word so as to know "the truth [that] will make you free" and that sanctifies. To follow Jesus is to live in "the Spirit of truth," whom the Father sends in his name and who leads "into all the truth." To his disciples Jesus teaches the unconditional love of truth: "Let what you say be simply 'Yes or No.'"
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Logical Bible Study podcast. Today we're looking at a quite a long |
| 0:18.1 | reading, Matthew 5 verses 17 to 37. And so we're going to do things |
| 0:23.7 | a little differently in today's podcast because this long section of text from Matthew 5 |
| 0:30.5 | is actually broken down into shorter chunks during the weekdays. And so what I'm going to do in |
| 0:35.6 | today's podcast is just make some overall comments about this |
| 0:39.3 | overall text because it's such an interesting complex one. |
| 0:43.0 | I don't think I'll be able to do it justice in the short time we have to look at this long |
| 0:48.6 | passage. |
| 0:49.2 | But then when this passage comes around again in the weekday time, we'll break it down into the chunks |
| 0:55.9 | as it appears every day in the weekdays. So let's start by reading this long passage |
| 1:01.6 | from Matthew chapter 5 verses 17 to 37. Jesus said to his disciples, do not imagine that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. |
| 1:13.6 | I have come not to abolish, but to complete them. |
| 1:17.6 | I tell you solemnly till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, |
| 1:23.6 | shall disappear from the law until its purpose is achieved. |
| 1:32.3 | Therefore, the man who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 1:38.7 | But the man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 1:45.8 | For I tell you, if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom |
| 1:51.9 | of heaven. You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors, you must not kill, and if anyone |
| 1:59.1 | does kill, he must answer for it before the court. |
| 2:02.5 | But I say this to you. |
| 2:04.7 | Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court. |
| 2:08.7 | If a man calls his brother fool, he will answer for it before the Sanhedron. |
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