LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 6:20 See note on Matt. 5:3–12. The Beatitudes mentioned here are not conditions for entering the kingdom of God but blessings pronounced on those who have already entered. The main theme of the Beatitudes and the following “woes” involves the “great reversal” (see Introduction: Key Themes). On the relationship between this “Sermon on the Plain” (Luke 6:20) and the “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew 5:1), see note on Matt. 5:1–7:29.

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