The Gospel of Matthew

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• Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
  Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

  Matthew 2:1–2 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity
  • Christmas

• Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

  Matthew 4:4 (KJV)In context

  • Faith
  • God

• Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

  Matthew 4:7 (KJV)In context

  • Faith
  • God

• Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  Matthew 4:17 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity
  • Religion

• Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

  Matthew 4:19 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity

• Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  Matthew 5:3 (NIV)In context

  • Christianity

• Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)In context

  • God
  • Virtue

• Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
  Give us this day our daily bread.
  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  Matthew 6:9–13 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Prayer

• Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

  Matthew 6:30 (KJV)In context

  • Faith
  • God

• Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

  Matthew 7:24–25 (KJV)In context

  • Wisdom

• I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

  Matthew 10:16 (KJV)In context

  • Wisdom

• Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

  Matthew 16:23 (KJV)In context

  • Good & Evil

• If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  Matthew 16:24 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity

• For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

  Matthew 16:26 (KJV)In context

  • Money
  • Morality

• If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

  Matthew 17:20 (KJV)In context

  • Faith

• For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

  Matthew 18:20 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity
  • Faith

• It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  Matthew 19:24 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Money

• But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

  Matthew 19:30 (KJV)In context

  • Success

• Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
  And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
  Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  Matthew 20:26–28 (KJV)In context

  • Leadership

• For many are called, but few are chosen.

  Matthew 22:14 (KJV)In context

  • Religion

• Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
  This is the first and great commandment.
  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

  Matthew 22:37–40 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Love

• And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

  Matthew 23:12 (KJV)In context

  • Pride

• Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  Matthew 23:33 (KJV)In context

  • Clever Jabs

• For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
  Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

  Matthew 25:35–36 (KJV)In context

  • Charity

• Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

  Matthew 25:40 (KJV)In context

  • Charity

• Take, eat; this is my body.

  Matthew 26:26 (KJV)In context

  • Christianity
  • Religion

• All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

  Matthew 26:52 (KJV)In context

  • War & Peace

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