The Gospel of Matthew is concerned with the position of these early Christian churches within Israel, or in its relationship to what we call Judaism. And these are concerns that belong to the time ...

"If Jesus visited America today, he would have to say, “I was sick, and you did not look after me," Martin Thielen says.

Many Christians today believe that Jesus taught about the rapture in Matthew 24—a moment when believers will suddenly disappear and be taken to heaven, while unbelievers are left behind to face ...

In the book of Matthew 9:1-8 immediately before Jesus met Matthew, Jesus healed a paralytic man. But unstated in the passages that follow is whether or not Matthew saw or heard about this miracle: ...

Jesus encounters him at his tax collecting post (Matthew 9:9-13), calls him, and Matthew follows. He has a dinner at which, along with Jesus, “many tax collectors and sinners” were present, i ...

And before that, Matthew’s Gospel takes great pains to elucidate the genealogy of Jesus, listing no fewer than 40 ancestors, from Father Abraham to King David and beyond. Ironically, of course (at ...

Lastly, in Matthew, Jesus shows disdain for hypocritical temple leaders who do good for show and wear their religious garments to appear important and pious: ...

June 18, 2023, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus and the first disciples let compassion pierce their own hearts and reaped great abundance. His disciples today must do the same.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus said: “whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” It’s really simple. Jesus wanted us to be kind to ...