Contadiction?!?

Sermon on the Mount… or plain?

Matthew 5-7
Luke 6:17-26

The apparent contradiction occurs in Luke 6:17 where it states that Jesus came down off the slopes of the mountain to teach the crowds on a level area versus Matthew 5:1 where it states that Jesus went up the mountainside to teach His disciples. Basically, what I see (personally) is that just like a pastor may teach the same thing many times, Jesus did too. He talked many times about the same things and this could be the case. The word is God-breathe and inerrant. God cannot contradict Himself and since He is the Word, the Word has no contradictions. I believe in this case that there were two separate occasions on which Jesus taught the Beatitudes; one with His disciples on a mountain, another on a plain for all to hear.

Your thoughts???