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4:24 d Lk 2:2 e Mt 8:16 , ​28 ; 9:32 ;
15:22 ; Mk 1:32 ; 5:15 , ​ 16 , ​18 f Mt 17:15 g Mt 8:6 ; 9:2 ; Mk 2:3
4:25 h Mk 3:7 , ​8 ; Lk 6:17
about him spread all over Syria , d and peo ple brought to him all who were ill with var i ous diseases , those suffering severe pain , the demon-possessed , e those having seizures , f and the paralyzed ; g and he healed them . 25 Large crowds from Galilee , the Decapolis , a
Jerusalem , Ju dea and the re gion across the Jor dan fol lowed him . h
Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount
Now when Jesus saw the crowds , he went up on a moun tain side and sat down . His disci ples came to him , 2 and he be gan to teach them .

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a 25 That is , the Ten Cities
show the extraordinary extent of his ministry and reputation .
5:1 — 7:29 Jesus ’ Authoritative Teaching : The Sermon on the Mount . Possibly the most famous sermon in all religious literature , Jesus map _ 44 _ 06 _ jesusgalilee
JESUS IN GALILEE here offers his “ kingdom manifesto .” Like the “ already but not yet ” reign of God , this is the ideal ethic for which believers must strive , even while recognizing they will fall far short of living up to it . Luke 6:20 – 49 is an extract of what appears to be the same sermon .
5:1 – 2 on a mountainside . Means simply “ into the hill country ,” including level places for the crowds to gather ( cf . Luke 6:17 ). His disciples came to him , and he began to teach them . This message is primarily for those already committed to following Christ or learning from him .
M e d i t e
r r a n e a n S e a
Tyre
Caesarea Philippi
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Mt . Hermon
Mt . Meron
Lake Semechonitis
Nazareth
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Nain
Cana
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Mt . Tabor
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Dalmanutha ( Magadan ) ( Magdala )
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Capernaum
Tiberias
Jordan
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Chorazin
S e a o f G a l i l e e
Julias ( Bethsaida ?)
Bethsaida ? ( in Galilee ?)
Gergesa
Gadara
R .
●➀ Town where Jesus grew up . He was rejected in the synagogue here and people sought to kill him ( Luke 4:16 ).
●➁ Here at Cana Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding feast ( John 2:1,11 ). Home of Nathanael ( John 21:2 ).
●➂ Site of many miracles of Jesus ( Matt 8:5 ; Mark 2:1 and Luke 7:1 ;
Matt 17:24 ; Mark 1:21 and Luke 4:31 ; John 4:46 ; 6:17 ). Jesus taught in the synagogue here at Capernaum ( John 6:59 ).
●➃ Here at Nain , Jesus raised a widow ’ s son from the dead ( Luke 7:11 ).
●➄ One of the cities against which Jesus pronounced a woe ( Matt 11:21 ; Luke 10:13 ).
●➅ Fishing town and home of Mary Magdalene ( Matt 15:39 ; Mark 8:10 ).
D E C A P O L I S
●➆ Mount Tabor , the traditional Mount of Transfiguration ( Matt 17:1 – 8 ; Mark 9:2 – 8 ; Luke 9:28 – 36 ). However , many scholars identify Mount Hermon as the most likely site of the transfiguration .