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Chapter 5 began with the Beatitudes (blessings), then followed a series of “You have heard that it was said, but I tell you that…”...

I have repeated verse 11 to begin today’s study below because I do not want to lose the continuity that Matthew provides for this glimpse...

5: 1-2.  When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he began to speak and...

Jesus has been anointed for ministry through John’s baptism in the Jordan River (Matthew 3). Jesus has survived hunger and parried the...

What did the previous chapter look like, especially the Baptism of Jesus? Was there not some similarity to the way that we commission...

With the phrase, “In those days,” Matthew begins a new section that runs on to 4: 16. The verse after that, 4: 17, begins with “From that...

Matthew said near the end of the last chapter that he was going to tell us about the birth of Jesus. But, compared to Luke, he told us...

The genealogy that began the chapter is necessary for framing Matthew’s story of Jesus’ birth. Somehow, Matthew has to demonstrate that...

You probably thought that when we finished our study of Genesis, you wouldn’t have to wade through any more lists of name in a genealogy....

Introduction Who doesn’t know that the first gospel, the first book of the whole New Testament canon (that is, authorized Scripture for...