The Gospels · New Testament
Matthew
Matthew is book 40 of 66 and belongs to the Gospels in the New Testament. It has 28 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 108 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Matthew 1: Matthew 1: the generations counted and Joseph's dream
The chapter opens as a book of generation and runs a list of fathers and sons from Abraham through David to the deportation to Babylon and on to… - Matthew 2: Matthew 2: wise men, Herod's order, and the move to Nazareth
Wise men come from the east to Jerusalem in the days of Herod the king and ask where the one born King of the Jews is, saying they have seen his… - Matthew 3: Matthew 3: John preaches in the wilderness and baptizes Jesus
John the Baptist preaches in the wilderness of Judea and calls for repentance because the kingdom of heaven is at hand. The narrator identifies him… - Matthew 4: Matthew 4: the wilderness testing and the first calls in Galilee
The Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. After forty days and nights of fasting he is hungry, and the tempter proposes… - Matthew 5: A life that gives light
Jesus begins with blessings for the poor in spirit, mourners, the merciful, peacemakers and those persecuted for righteousness. Salt and light… - Matthew 6: Matthew 6: giving, praying, fasting and taking no thought
Jesus continues speaking. He warns against doing alms before men to be seen, tells the hearer not to sound a trumpet as the hypocrites do, and… - Matthew 7: Matthew 7: judging, asking, two gates and two builders
Jesus tells the hearer not to judge, since the measure used will be measured back, and sets the picture of the mote in a brother's eye against the… - Matthew 8: Matthew 8: healings, a storm stilled and a city's request
Coming down from the mountain with crowds following, Jesus is met by a leper who says he can make him clean if he will. Jesus touches him, the… - Matthew 9: Matthew 9: forgiveness questioned, Matthew called, and a harvest named
Back in his own city, Jesus tells a man sick of the palsy that his sins are forgiven, and certain scribes call it blasphemy within themselves. He… - Matthew 10: Matthew 10: the twelve named and the instructions for their sending
Jesus calls his twelve disciples and gives them power over unclean spirits and to heal. The narrator then lists the names of the twelve apostles in… - Matthew 11: Matthew 11: John's question, cities upbraided, and an offer of rest
Jesus finishes commanding the twelve and goes on to teach and preach. John, in prison, hears of the works of Christ and sends two of his disciples to… - Matthew 12: Matthew 12: sabbath disputes, the Beelzebub charge, and the sign of Jonas
The disciples pluck ears of corn on the sabbath, the Pharisees object, and Jesus answers with David eating the shewbread, with priests who work in… - Matthew 13: Matthew 13: parables by the sea and a return to his own country
Jesus leaves the house, sits by the sea, and teaches a standing crowd from a ship. He tells the sower, whose seed falls by the way side, on stony… - Matthew 14: Matthew 14: John beheaded, a crowd fed, and a walk on the sea
Herod the tetrarch hears of Jesus and tells his servants that this is John the Baptist risen from the dead. The narrator explains that Herod had… - Matthew 15: Matthew 15: tradition and defilement, the woman of Canaan, and the four thousand fed
Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem ask Jesus why his disciples transgress the tradition of the elders by eating with unwashed hands. Jesus answers… - Matthew 16: Matthew 16: the sign of Jonas, Peter's confession, and the first passion prediction
Pharisees and Sadducees ask Jesus for a sign from heaven. He answers that they can read the sky but not the signs of the times, and that no sign will… - Matthew 17: Matthew 17: the transfiguration, the boy the disciples could not cure, and the tribute money
After six days Jesus takes Peter, James and John up a high mountain and is transfigured before them; his face shines like the sun and his clothing… - Matthew 18: Matthew 18: the little child, the lost sheep, the brother who trespasses, and the unforgiving servant
The disciples ask who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus sets a little child among them and says that unless they are converted and become… - Matthew 19: Matthew 19: divorce, little children, the rich young man, and the first made last
Jesus leaves Galilee for the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan and heals great multitudes. Pharisees ask, tempting him, whether a man may put away his… - Matthew 20: Matthew 20: the labourers in the vineyard, the request for the two sons, and two blind men at Jericho
Jesus likens the kingdom to a householder who hires labourers early in the morning for a penny a day, and again at the third, sixth, ninth and… - Matthew 21: Matthew 21: the entry into Jerusalem, the temple, the fig tree, and two vineyard parables
Near Jerusalem at Bethphage Jesus sends two disciples for an ass and a colt, and the narrator says this fulfils the prophet's word that the daughter… - Matthew 22: Matthew 22: the wedding feast, tribute to Cesar, the resurrection, the great commandment, and David's Lord
Jesus tells of a king who makes a marriage for his son. The invited guests refuse, make light of the second summons, and some kill the servants; the… - Matthew 23: Matthew 23: Moses' seat, the woes on the scribes and Pharisees, and the lament over Jerusalem
Jesus speaks to the multitude and to his disciples about the scribes and the Pharisees, who sit in Moses' seat: observe what they bid you, but do not… - Matthew 24: Matthew 24: the temple stones, the signs, the coming of the Son of man, and the call to watch
Leaving the temple, Jesus is shown its buildings and says not one stone will be left upon another. On the mount of Olives the disciples ask privately… - Matthew 25: Matthew 25: the ten virgins, the talents, and the separation of sheep and goats
Jesus likens the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who take their lamps to meet the bridegroom: five wise take oil in their vessels, five foolish take… - Matthew 26: Matthew 26: the plot, the anointing at Bethany, the passover, Gethsemane, the arrest, and Peter's denials
Jesus tells the disciples that after two days is the passover and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. The chief priests, scribes and elders… - Matthew 27: Matthew 27: the end of Judas, the trial before Pilate, the crucifixion, and the sealed sepulchre
In the morning the chief priests and elders bind Jesus and deliver him to Pilate the governor. Judas, seeing that he is condemned, brings back the… - Matthew 28: Matthew 28: the opened sepulchre, the women sent, the bribed watch, and the commission in Galilee
As the sabbath ends and the first day of the week dawns, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary come to see the sepulchre. There is a great earthquake…
