The Sermon on the Mount

by Joy Marie Dunlap

We urge you to memorize these important words of our Lord Jesus Christ, or to at least read them through every night at the supper table. What passage in the entire Bible is more important than these central teachings of our Lord Himself? It is so important for Christian parents to instill these important principles in the hearts and minds of their children.

We have broken the Sermon on the Mount in Luke into logical segments with 4 to 6 verses each. You can either memorize one segment per week (one verse or less per day--use the extra days for review) or at least read one segment per night. Another good idea is to take one segment per week and read it over again each night until your children are thoroughly familiar with the spiritual principles it teaches. Remind your children each time you memorize that these are the teachings of Jesus. Feel free to make as many copies of this page as you need for memorization.

WEEK 1 Luke 6:20-49

t20 And turning His gaze on His disciples, He began to say, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

t21 "Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

t22 "Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and cast insults at you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

t23 "Be glad in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

WEEK 2

t24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

t25 "Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry.

tWoe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

t26 "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for in the same way their fathers used to treat the false prophets.

WEEK 3

t27 "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

t28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

t29 "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also;

tand whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

t30 "Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

t31 "And just as you want people to treat you, treat them in the same way.

WEEK 4

t32 "And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

t33 "And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

t34 "And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you?

tEven sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive back the same amount.

t35 "But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High;

tfor He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

WEEK 5

t36 "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

t37 "And do not judge and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.

t38 "Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap.

tFor by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

WEEK 6

t39 And He also spoke a parable to them: "A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit?

t40 "A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. t41 "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

t42 "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye?

tYou hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

WEEK 7

t43 "For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit; nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

t44 "For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

t45 "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good;

tand the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

WEEK 8

t46 "And why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

t47 "Everyone who comes to Me, and hears My words, and acts upon them, I will show you whom he is like:

t48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock;

tand when a flood rose, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

t49 "But the one who has heard, and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house upon the ground without any foundation;

tand the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."