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Matthew

Matthew opens the New Testament by showing Jesus as the long-promised king of Israel, the fulfilment of everything the Old Testament reached towards. It gathers his teaching into great blocks, including the Sermon on the Mount, and never loses sight of one claim: God has come to be with us.

Matthew 1

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Matthew 2

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  • Matthew 2:1
    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
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  • Matthew 2:3
    When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
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  • Matthew 2:9
    They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.
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  • Matthew 2:11
    They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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  • Matthew 2:13-14
    Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
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  • Matthew 2:13-15
    Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
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  • Matthew 2:16
    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learnt from the wise men.
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  • Matthew 2:18
    “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
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Matthew 3

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  • Matthew 3:3
    For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
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Matthew 4

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  • Matthew 4:1
    Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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  • Matthew 4:3
    The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
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  • Matthew 4:4
    But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”
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  • Matthew 4:5-7
    Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
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  • Matthew 4:6
    and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”
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  • Matthew 4:12-13
    Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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  • Matthew 4:14-16
    that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, towards the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”
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  • Matthew 4:18-20
    Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.” They immediately left their nets and followed him.
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  • Matthew 4:19
    He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
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  • Matthew 4:20
    They immediately left their nets and followed him.
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  • Matthew 4:22
    They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
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  • Matthew 4:23-25
    Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness amongst the people. The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them. Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
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Matthew 5

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  • Matthew 5:1
    Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
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  • Matthew 5:4
    Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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  • Matthew 5:10-12
    Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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  • Matthew 5:13
    “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavour, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
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  • Matthew 5:14
    You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
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  • Matthew 5:15
    Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
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  • Matthew 5:17
    “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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  • Matthew 5:17-20
    “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfil. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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  • Matthew 5:21
    “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.’
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  • Matthew 5:21-48
    “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.’ But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgement. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. “Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’ but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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  • Matthew 5:41
    Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
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  • Matthew 5:44
    But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
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  • Matthew 5:45
    that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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Matthew 6

Matthew 6:10

On Earth As It Is In Heaven

“Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Matthew 6:25-34

Do Not Worry About Tomorrow

“Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith? “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.”

Matthew 6:33

Seek First His Kingdom

“But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”

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  • Matthew 6:1
    “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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  • Matthew 6:1-2
    “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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  • Matthew 6:8
    Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
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  • Matthew 6:9
    Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
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  • Matthew 6:9-10
    Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  • Matthew 6:10
    Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  • Matthew 6:11
    Give us today our daily bread.
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  • Matthew 6:11-13
    Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
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  • Matthew 6:12
    Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
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  • Matthew 6:14-15
    “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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  • Matthew 6:19-20
    “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
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  • Matthew 6:19-21
    “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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  • Matthew 6:21
    for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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  • Matthew 6:25
    Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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  • Matthew 6:25-34
    Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith? “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
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  • Matthew 6:26
    See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
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  • Matthew 6:32
    For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
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  • Matthew 6:33
    But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
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  • Matthew 6:34
    Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
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Matthew 7

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  • Matthew 7:7
    “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
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  • Matthew 7:21-23
    “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
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  • Matthew 7:24-25
    “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
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  • Matthew 7:28-29
    When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
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Matthew 8

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  • Matthew 8:14-15
    When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her. So she got up and served him.
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  • Matthew 8:16-17
    When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
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  • Matthew 8:20
    Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
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  • Matthew 8:26
    He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
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Matthew 9

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  • Matthew 9:2
    Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralysed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
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  • Matthew 9:20-22
    Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.” But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
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Matthew 10

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Matthew 11

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  • Matthew 11:3
    and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”
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  • Matthew 11:11
    Most certainly I tell you, amongst those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptiser; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
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  • Matthew 11:20-24
    Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgement than for you. You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until today. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgement, than for you.”
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  • Matthew 11:28
    “Come to me, all you who labour and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
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  • Matthew 11:29-30
    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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Matthew 12

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  • Matthew 12:1-8
    At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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  • Matthew 12:8
    For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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  • Matthew 12:9-14
    He departed from there and went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” so that they might accuse him. He said to them, “What man is there amongst you who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it and lift it out? Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.” Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
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  • Matthew 12:33-34
    “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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  • Matthew 12:34
    You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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  • Matthew 12:34-35
    You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
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Matthew 13

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  • Matthew 13:47-48
    “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind, which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
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  • Matthew 13:55
    Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
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Matthew 14

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  • Matthew 14:3-10
    For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced amongst them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptiser.” The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
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  • Matthew 14:15-21
    When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.” But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.” They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.” He said, “Bring them here to me.” He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. They all ate and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
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  • Matthew 14:27
    But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
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  • Matthew 14:29-31
    He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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  • Matthew 14:30-31
    But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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  • Matthew 14:31
    Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
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Matthew 17

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  • Matthew 17:20
    He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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  • Matthew 17:24-27
    When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?” He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?” Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt. But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
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Matthew 18

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  • Matthew 18:21-35
    Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt. “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’ He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due. So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done. Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him. So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
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Matthew 19

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  • Matthew 19:1
    When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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  • Matthew 19:8
    He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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  • Matthew 19:9
    I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
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  • Matthew 19:13-15
    Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
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  • Matthew 19:16-22
    Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’” The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
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  • Matthew 19:21
    Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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  • Matthew 19:27
    Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
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  • Matthew 19:30
    But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.
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Matthew 20

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  • Matthew 20:1-2
    “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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  • Matthew 20:1-16
    “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’ “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’ “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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  • Matthew 20:16
    So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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Matthew 21

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  • Matthew 21:9
    The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
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  • Matthew 21:21-22
    Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
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  • Matthew 21:42
    Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvellous in our eyes’?
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Matthew 22

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  • Matthew 22:34-36
    But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
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  • Matthew 22:37-38
    Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.
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  • Matthew 22:39
    A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
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  • Matthew 22:40
    The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
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  • Matthew 22:41-46
    Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’? “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
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Matthew 23

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  • Matthew 23:4
    For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
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  • Matthew 23:37
    “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
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Matthew 24

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Matthew 25

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Matthew 26

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  • Matthew 26:30
    When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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  • Matthew 26:38
    Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me.”
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  • Matthew 26:38-39
    Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me.” He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
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  • Matthew 26:39
    He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
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  • Matthew 26:44
    He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
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  • Matthew 26:50
    Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
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  • Matthew 26:67
    Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
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Matthew 27

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Matthew 28

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  • Matthew 28:18
    Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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  • Matthew 28:19
    Go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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  • Matthew 28:20
    teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
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More about Matthew

Matthew was almost certainly written for readers who knew their Hebrew scriptures well, and it shows on nearly every page. Again and again the writer pauses to say that what happened to Jesus had been promised long before, so the whole Gospel reads like a door opening between the old story and the new one. It opens not with a manger but with a long list of names, the family tree of a king, and from there it moves quickly to the heart of the matter. The angel tells Joseph to call the child Jesus, 'for he will save his people from their sins' (1:21). That sentence is the seed of everything that follows.

The teaching is what most people remember, and Matthew gathers it into great blocks rather than scattering it about. The Sermon on the Mount sits near the front like a foundation stone, with the Beatitudes blessing the very people the world overlooks: those who mourn (5:4), the poor in spirit, the merciful. Here Jesus tells his followers to let their light shine before others (5:16) and to love their enemies (5:44), which is still about the hardest thing he ever asked. Read these chapters slowly. They are not a list of rules to clear but a picture of the kind of life the kingdom grows in us.

If you are coming to Matthew for the first time, it helps to know who Jesus is talking to and why. The wise men ask early on, 'Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?' (2:2), and that question of kingship runs right through. This is a Gospel about a kingdom that does not look like an empire: it begins small, it welcomes the wrong sort of people, and it asks us to seek it first and trust that the rest will be added (6:33). The famous invitation in 11:28 belongs here too, Jesus offering rest to all who are weary and weighed down, which is a strange thing for a king to say and a tender one.

What keeps drawing us back is the way Matthew never lets the grandeur drift away from the personal. The same Gospel that speaks of a kingdom come (6:10) ends with a promise that the risen Jesus is with us always, to the very end. He sums up the whole law as loving God and loving your neighbour (22:37-40), and he reminds the discouraged that with God all things are possible (19:26). If that feels out of reach this week, you are in good company. Start with the invitation to rest, and let the rest of the book meet you from there.

Questions about Matthew

Who wrote the Gospel of Matthew and who was it written for?
The early church attributed this Gospel to Matthew, the tax collector who became one of the twelve, and that tradition is old and broadly held. It reads as though written mainly for Jewish believers, because it leans so heavily on the Hebrew scriptures and keeps showing how Jesus fulfils what the prophets foretold. You do not need to settle every question of authorship to read it well. What matters is that Matthew wanted readers who knew the old promises to see them coming true in Jesus, the son of David and son of Abraham.
What is the main message of Matthew?
Matthew presents Jesus as the long-promised king of Israel and the fulfilment of the whole Old Testament hope. Its great theme is the kingdom of heaven: a kingdom that arrives quietly, welcomes the humble and the outsider, and reshapes how we live. Woven through it is the name Immanuel, 'God with us', which opens the Gospel and is echoed in Jesus' final promise to be with his people always. If you read it asking what kind of king this is, and what his kingdom asks of you, you will be reading it as Matthew intended.
What does 'Come to me, all who are weary' mean in Matthew 11:28?
In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus invites everyone who is worn out and carrying heavy loads to come to him and find rest. The picture is of an ox-yoke, and the surprise is that he calls his yoke easy and his burden light. He is not promising a life without work or weight, but a different way of carrying it, walking alongside him rather than struggling alone. Many of us return to this verse when religion has started to feel like a demand rather than a gift. It is Jesus reminding us that he came to give rest, not to add to the pile.

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