First, I call your attention to a couple of new items from the website of the Interpreter Foundation: You can now listen to or download the 24 February broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show. Steve Densley, Craig Foster, and Matthew Bowen discussed Come, Follow Me lesson 9, “He Taught Them as One Having Authority” (Matthew chapters 6 and 7), as well as Joseph Smith and polygamy: https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreter-radio-show-february-24-2019/ Martin Tanner discusses Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 10, “Thy Faith Hath... Read more
New Testament Notes 80-82
Luke 6:27-36 Compare Matthew 5:38-48 The differences between the Matthean text (the Sermon on the Mount) and the Lukan text (the Sermon on the Plain) are considerable at this point; each includes material that the other doesn’t. I’ll concentrate on just one comparison here, though: Whereas Matthew 5:48, much beloved of Latter-day Saints, reads “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect,” the Lukan parallel (6:36) says “Be merciful, even as your Father... Read more