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Must be another Bible. Mine says that he was speaking to GREAT CROWDS in Matthew 5. Not just a few disciples

No, it's the same bible.

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying... [Mat 5:1-2]

There is nothing here to suggest that anyone but His disciples were in the mountain. All this says is that He saw the crowds and went into (eiV) the mountain, it doesn't say He went to them, or that they followed Him. It does say that His disicples followed Him and caught up with Him, and He becgan to speak to them. We don't know where the crowds were relative to where Jesus was. But we do know that His disciples were with Him and thye heared Him.

There is nothing here to suggest that anyone but His disciples were in the mountain. All this says is that He saw the crowds and went into (eiV) the mountain, it doesn't say He went to them, or that they followed Him. It does say that His disicples followed Him and caught up with Him, and He becgan to speak to them. We don't know where the crowds were relative to where Jesus was. But we do know that His disciples were with Him and thye heared Him.

??? No one but the apostles heard the Sermon on the Mount?

Where do you get this stuff?

Yet this error does fit with the absurd amount of power you invest in "other Christs." No wonder you so easily dismiss the Scriptures if you don't think they were written with your ears in mind. And now you even deny the ears of thoses the Bible says were actually present.

Have you read the concurrent verses in Luke 6?

"And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God..." -- Luke 6:17-20

It's even clearer in versions like the NASB...

"Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,
who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.
And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.
And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God..." -- Luke 6:17-20

Cheer up, Kosta! God willing, Christ was addressing the Sermon on the Mount to you, too.