Having shocked his audience with a subversive commentary on society’s concept of who is blessed and who isn’t, Jesus gets into the meat of his sermon — talking about how he will fulfill the law. While this ‘fulfilling’ rather than ‘abolishing’ the law sounds neat, what does it actually mean… especially when Jesus tells us we must have greater conduct than even the pharisees? Looking forward, how does this set us up for the rest of the sermon?