The Gospel of Matthew

MATTHEW - From at least the 2nd century A.D., the Gospel of Matthew has been ascribed to Matthew the publican, tax collector, and disciple. It is the most complete account of Jesus’ teachings and was written to convince the writer’s Jewish audience that Jesus was the Messiah descended from David, the One promised by the Old Testament Prophets. It is peculiarly the Gospel for Israel. The most significant teaching passages are the Sermon on the Mount ( kjv@Matthew:5-7 ) and the parable sections (especially Chapter kjv@Matthew:13 ).

Author: Apostle Matthew

kjv@Matthew:1:1-17	The Genealogy of Jesus
kjv@Matthew:1:18-25	The Birth of Jesus Christ
kjv@Matthew:2:1-12	The Visit of the Magi
kjv@Matthew:2:13-18	The Escape to Egypt
kjv@Matthew:2:19-23	The Return to Nazareth
kjv@Matthew:3:1-12	John the Baptist Prepares the Way
kjv@Matthew:3:13-16	The Baptism of Jesus
kjv@Matthew:4:1-11	The Temptation of Jesus
kjv@Matthew:4:12-17	Jesus Begins to Preach
kjv@Matthew:4:18-22	The Calling of the First Disciples
kjv@Matthew:4:23-25	Jesus Heals the Sick
kjv@Matthew:5:1-12	The Beatitudes
kjv@Matthew:5:13-16	Salt and Light
kjv@Matthew:5:17-20	The Fulfillment of the Law
kjv@Matthew:5:21-26	Murder
kjv@Matthew:5:27-30	Adultery
kjv@Matthew:5:31-32	Divorce
kjv@Matthew:5:33-37	Oaths
kjv@Matthew:5:38-42	An Eye for an Eye
kjv@Matthew:5:43-48	Love for Enemies
kjv@Matthew:6:1-4	Giving to the Needy
kjv@Matthew:6:5-15	Prayer
kjv@Matthew:6:16-18	Fasting
kjv@Matthew:6:19-24	Treasures in Heaven
kjv@Matthew:6:25-34	Do Not Worry
kjv@Matthew:7:1-6	Judging Others
kjv@Matthew:7:7-12	Ask, Seek, Knock
kjv@Matthew:7:13-14	The Narrow and Wide Gates
kjv@Matthew:7:15-23	A Tree and Its Fruit
kjv@Matthew:7:24-29	The Wise and Foolish Builders
kjv@Matthew:8:1-4	The Man With Leprosy
kjv@Matthew:8:5-13	The Faith of the Centurion
kjv@Matthew:8:14-17	Jesus Heals Many
kjv@Matthew:8:18-22	The Cost of Following Jesus
kjv@Matthew:8:23-27	Jesus Calms the Storm
kjv@Matthew:8:28-34	The Healing of Two Demon-possessed Men
kjv@Matthew:9:1-8	Jesus Heals a Paralytic
kjv@Matthew:9:9-13	The Calling of Matthew
kjv@Matthew:9:14-17	Jesus Questioned About Fasting
kjv@Matthew:9:18-26	A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman
kjv@Matthew:9:27-34	Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute
kjv@Matthew:9:35-38	The Workers Are Few
kjv@Matthew:10	Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
kjv@Matthew:11:1-19	Jesus and John the Baptist
kjv@Matthew:11:20-24	Woe on Unrepentant Cities
kjv@Matthew:11:25-30	Rest for the Weary
kjv@Matthew:12:1-14	Lord of the Sabbath
kjv@Matthew:12:15-21	God's Chosen Servant
kjv@Matthew:12:22-37	Jesus and Beelzebub
kjv@Matthew:12:38-45	The Sign of Jonah:
kjv@Matthew:12:46-50	Jesus' Mother and Brothers
kjv@Matthew:13:1-23	The Parable of the Sower
kjv@Matthew:13:24-30	The Parable of the Weeds
kjv@Matthew:13:31-35	The Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
kjv@Matthew:13:36-43	The Parable of the Weeds Explained
kjv@Matthew:13:44-46	The Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
kjv@Matthew:13:47-52	The Parable of the Net
kjv@Matthew:13:53-58	A Prophet Without Honor
kjv@Matthew:14:1-12	John the Baptist Beheaded
kjv@Matthew:14:13-21	Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
kjv@Matthew:14:22-36	Jesus Walks on the Water
kjv@Matthew:15:1-20	Clean and Unclean
kjv@Matthew:15:21-28	The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
kjv@Matthew:15:29-39	Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
kjv@Matthew:16:1-4	The Demand for a Sign
kjv@Matthew:16:5-12	The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
kjv@Matthew:16:13-20	Peter's Confession of Christ
kjv@Matthew:16:21-28	Jesus Predicts His Death
kjv@Matthew:17:1-13	The Transfiguration
kjv@Matthew:17:14-23	The Healing of a Boy With a Demon
kjv@Matthew:17:24-27	The Temple Tax
kjv@Matthew:18:1-9	The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
kjv@Matthew:18:10-14	The Parable of the Lost Sheep
kjv@Matthew:18:15-20	A Brother Who Sins Against You
kjv@Matthew:18:21-35	The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
kjv@Matthew:19:1-12	Divorce
kjv@Matthew:19:13-15	The Little Children and Jesus
kjv@Matthew:19:16-30	The Rich Young Man
kjv@Matthew:20:1-16	The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
kjv@Matthew:20:17-19	Jesus Again Predicts His Death
kjv@Matthew:20:20-28	A Mother's Request
kjv@Matthew:20:29-34	Two Blind Men Receive Sight
kjv@Matthew:21:1-11	The Triumphal Entry
kjv@Matthew:21:12-17	Jesus at the Temple
kjv@Matthew:21:18-22	The Fig Tree Withers
kjv@Matthew:21:23-27	The Authority of Jesus Questioned
kjv@Matthew:21:28-32	The Parable of the Two Sons
kjv@Matthew:21:33-46	The Parable of the Tenants
kjv@Matthew:22:1-14	The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
kjv@Matthew:22:15-22	Paying Taxes to Caesar
kjv@Matthew:22:23-33	Marriage at the Resurrection
kjv@Matthew:22:34-40	The Greatest Commandment
kjv@Matthew:22:41-46	Whose Son Is the Christ?
kjv@Matthew:23	Seven Woes
kjv@Matthew:24:1-35	Signs of the End of the Age
kjv@Matthew:24:36-51	The Day and Hour Unknown
kjv@Matthew:25:1-13	The Parable of the Ten Virgins
kjv@Matthew:25:14-30	The Parable of the Talents
kjv@Matthew:25:31-46	The Sheep and the Goats
kjv@Matthew:26:1-5	The Plot Against Jesus
kjv@Matthew:26:6-13	Jesus Anointed at Bethany
kjv@Matthew:26:14-16	Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
kjv@Matthew:26:17-30	The Lord's Supper
kjv@Matthew:26:31-35	Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
kjv@Matthew:26:36-46	Gethsemane
kjv@Matthew:26:47-56	Jesus Arrested
kjv@Matthew:26:57-68	Before the Sanhedrin
kjv@Matthew:26:69-75	Peter Disowns Jesus
kjv@Matthew:27:1-10	Judas Hangs Himself
kjv@Matthew:27:11-26	Jesus Before Pilate
kjv@Matthew:27:27-31	The Soldiers Mock Jesus
kjv@Matthew:27:32-44	The Crucifixion
kjv@Matthew:27:45-56	The Death of Jesus
kjv@Matthew:27:57-61	The Burial of Jesus
kjv@Matthew:27:62-66	The Guard at the Tomb
kjv@Matthew:28:1-10	The Resurrection
kjv@Matthew:28:11-15	The Guards' Report
kjv@Matthew:28:16-20	The Great Commission

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Quote easton Dictionary - easton 'Matthew, Gospel according to'

Matthew, Gospel according to @ The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears. He wrote the Gospel of Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from his own point of view, as did also the other "evangelists." As to the time of its composition, there is little in the Gospel itself to indicate. It was evidently written before the destruction of Jerusalem kjv@Matthew:24), and some time after the events it records. The probability is that it was written between the years A.D. 60 and 65. The cast of thought and the forms of expression employed by the writer show that this Gospel was written for Jewish Christians of Palestine. His great object is to prove that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah, and that in him the ancient prophecies had their fulfilment. The Gospel is full of allusions to those passages of the Old Testament in which Christ is predicted and foreshadowed. The one aim prevading the whole book is to show that Jesus is he "of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." This Gospel contains no fewer than sixty-five references to the Old Testament, forty-three of these being direct verbal citations, thus greatly outnumbering those found in the other Gospels. The main feature of this Gospel may be expressed in the motto, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." As to the language in which this Gospel was written there is much controversy. Many hold, in accordance with old tradition, that it was originally written in Hebrew (i.e., the Aramaic or Syro
- Chaldee dialect, then the vernacular of the inhabitants of Palestine), and afterwards translated into Greek, either by Matthew himself or by some person unknown. This theory, though earnestly maintained by able critics, we cannot see any ground for adopting. From the first this Gospel in Greek was received as of authority in the Church. There is nothing in it to show that it is a translation. Though Matthew wrote mainly for the Jews, yet they were everywhere familiar with the Greek language. The same reasons which would have suggested the necessity of a translation into Greek would have led the evangelist to write in Greek at first. It is confessed that this Gospel has never been found in any other form than that in which we now possess it. The leading characteristic of this Gospel is that it sets forth the kingly glory of Christ, and shows him to be the true heir to David's throne. It is the Gospel of the kingdom. Matthew uses the expression "kingdom of heaven" (thirty-two times), while Luke uses the expression "kingdom of God" (thirty-three times). Some Latinized forms occur in this Gospel, as kodrantes kjv@Matthew:5:26), for the Latin quadrans, and phragello (27:26), for the Latin flagello. It must be remembered that Matthew was a tax-gatherer for the Roman government, and hence in contact with those using the Latin language. As to the relation of the Gospels to each other, we must maintain that each writer of the synoptics (the first three) wrote independently of the other two, Matthew being probably first in point of time. "Out of a total of 1071 verses, Matthew has 387 in common with Mark and kjv@Luke:130 with kjv@Mark:184 with Luke; only 387 being peculiar to itself." (
See MARK; LUKE; GOSPELS.) The book is fitly divided into these four parts:

(1.) Containing the genealogy, the birth, and the infancy of Jesus (1; 2).

(2.) The discourses and actions of John the Baptist preparatory to Christ's public ministry (3; 4:11).

(3.) The discourses and actions of Christ in Galilee (4:12-20:16).

(4.) The sufferings, death and resurrection of our Lord (20:17-28).

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