Textual context:  The last discourse (23-25) anticipates an impending judgment on the Jewish leadership – the scribes and Pharisees.  They have focused on outward expressions

Matthew 20:1-16 Introduction The “parable of the laborers in the vineyard” is unique to Matthew. The stories that surround this parable — the rich young

Matthew 9:36-13:52 The core of Matthew’s gospels is found in five discourses of Jesus.  The first is what we deem the “Sermon on the Mount”

Matthew 7:1-6 Introduction Illustration:  An episode of the Andy Griffith show begins with Andy and Opie playing catch. While they are playing, Annabelle Silby comes

Matthew 6:7-34 INTRODUCTION Today is February 3, 2019.  Where did January go?  Several circumstances have kept me from our Sunday worship assembly for a couple

Matthew 3:1-17 INTRODUCTION Matthew tells the Jesus story: To a Jewish Christian community groping for direction in the midst of a changing world To reshape

Gospel of Matthew Introduction The shaping of community: Three-quarters through the first century… Jesus followers fled Jerusalem as refugees after the killing of Stephen by