the sea of galilee. when there is not any other distractions or noise around, everyone in that whole valley can actually hear somebody speaking. so from that standpoint, it is a favorite today. to say that jesus went up to a mountain -- this is a kind of a hill, but it is hardly a mountain that he went up to, if he was really giving the sermon on the mount. this is, i would say, a romantic picture. it is still a beautiful picture, and not a totally unlikely model, but a model nonetheless. what we should focus on instead is the fact that jesus didn't teach on this prayer in just one place. he must have taught on it in a number of places. whether it is there or in the northern galilee, the western galilee, judea, somaria, he would have said something very close to that same prayer. jesus was telling his disciples the matthew's gospel. this is the check list the things you want to have in your prayers: you need to recognize god as father. that's primary. even over here, jesus was in the garden of gues guess