The Sermon on the Mount ends with a climax in which Jesus calls upon His audience to make a choice between Him and the religious system of the Pharisees and Scribes.

Jesus speaks in this passage about the importance of not judging others as if we were God. Instead, He advocates empathy and a reliance upon the Holy Spirit in helping us lead by example and to provide discernment on when the Gospel should or should not be preached.

Matthew 6:19-24 - Jesus speaks on materialism and how the desires of our heart speak directly to where our treasure lies.

The second part of the Lord's prayer constitutes God's daily provision, His pardon for our sins, His protection from temptation, His sovereignty in everything, and the prerequisite for receiving His forgiveness.

Jesus' prayer that he spoke in front of all his disciples was designed to teach them and to teach us how to pray. It is a model for all other prayer, and with it, contains divine attitudes and perspectives that Christians are called to cultivate in their lives in relation to God.

Jesus shows in this passage how the authenticity of our relationship with God is directly related to our prayer life.

Beginning in the 6th chapter, Jesus shifts focus from the inner righteousness of the heart to the outer display of that righteousness. He cites three examples which correlate to our relationship with others, with God, and with ourselves. In the first example, giving to the needy, Jesus illustrates the hypocritical way of giving and the true way of giving that God desires. This in turn, determines the richness of our relationships with others and the reward that we receive.

In the last verses of Matthew 5, Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, addresses one of the most difficult things that we as Christians are called to do: love our enemies.

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and Sadducee's for their mandate on vengeance based on the Mosaic Law of "Eye for Eye and Tooth for Tooth." He then sets forth God's standard and teaching on the importance of non-violence and resisting the temptation of personal revenge.

God’s absolute, unchanging standard is truth and sincerity in everything. Every normal word in the course of daily speech should be a truthful word, unadorned and unqualified in regard to its truthfulness.