After Jesus had been baptized and tempted He began His work. For about
three years He went from place to place in the country and in the
cities; and for the great feasts He went up to Jerusalem. He spoke but a
word and the blind saw, the deaf heard, the lame walked, the lepers were
cleansed, and the dead were raised. He was God’s only begotten Son, born
of the Father from eternity; therefore He could say: I am the Way, the
Truth and the Life. No man cometh to the Father but by me. Come unto me,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Everywhere the people flocked to Him and heard Him, for as He spoke had
no man spoken.
Once He spoke to the people from a mountain. This speech is therefore
called the Sermon on the Mount. In this He says: