As any reader of the Gospels will have noticed, there are two beatitude lists spoken by Jesus; one in Matthew and one in Luke. They are similar, but also different. For instance, both begin a major section of teaching by Jesus, in front of a crowd of his disciples and people from the surrounding countries. But in Matthew there are nine beatitudes and in Luke only four. What is more, Luke contrasts his beatitudes with four woes, whereas Matthew has none.
