<p>7:1 <i>After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum</i>- The Lord was based in Capernaum and returned there after the public work of teaching the sermon on the plain and healing. The language of 'ending sayings' and the stress that the people heard what He said is somewhat solemn, as if the Sermon was a manifesto of the Kingdom which they had heard and were now responsible to.</p>