Regarding the effect the sermon has had on people over the centuries, Professor Hans Dieter Betz noted: The influences exerted by the Sermon on the Mount generally far transcend the borderlines of Judaism and Christianity, or even Western culture.
“ ಜನರು ನೋಡಲಿ ಎಂದು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಧರ್ಮಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರ ಮುಂದೆ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು. ”