2.     INTERNALISE THE LAW

as in the Gospel of Matthew

Section B

GO BEYOND THE LAW

Matthew 5:1-7:23

	Paragraph "hooks" are opening, present exhortations
1	Be blessed
2	Be the salt and light of the world
3	Do not think (I came to destroy the law or prophets)
4	Heed righteousness but not with a view to be seen
5	Do not lay up treasure
6	Judge not
7	Enter through the narrow door

discipleship - towards being "prudent"

Section ends with the closing statement

"And it came to pass when Jesus finished these words"

Because Matthew is basing his ideas on a Jewish, rather than a Greek approach, he does not appear so interested in paragraphs patterns.  Rather he divides his text by closing with statements about preaching and discipleship.  At the end of Section A Jesus is "preaching everywhere".  Then at the end of Sections B, C, D, and E, there is a final statement on the lines - "when Jesus finished these words".  The repetition of such an ending leads into the final sentence of Section F (and the gospel).  Here Matthew records the promise of Jesus to stay on.  Thus from now on there will be no cause for a statement "after Jesus said" because Jesus and his words continue.