Oh Mercy
OH MERCY
by Brian Zahnd
Be perfect as your Father is perfect. —Jesus (Matthew 5:48)
Be merciful as your Father is merciful. —Jesus (Luke 6:36)
Let’s keep this short and sweet. To the point.
The Gospel writers Matthew and Luke give us two different accounts of the Sermon on the Mount.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says his disciples are to turn the other cheek, go the second mile, and love their enemies, and they are to do so for this reason: So they can be like their Father who is perfect/merciful.
The Gospel writers use different words.
What Jesus in Matthew calls perfection, Jesus in Luke calls mercy. Read more