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    Parables are simple and fictional stories, similes, or metaphors that are true to everyday life as they depict a moral or spiritual lesson. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus used parables to illustrate the kingdom of God, which is defined as God’s future display of power and judgment in which he rules over all creation. The parables assure that heaven is real and an afterlife exists. According to Jesus, parables are important because although we are given knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of

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    only one account of the Passion of Jesus Christ or they believe that each story is the same; whereas there are four separate Gospel accounts of the Passion of Our Lord. Each of these Gospel accounts supplements the others, however each gospel account of the crucifixion of Jesus is unique, not only in how the story is told but also in the events and features themselves. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John clearly present different portrayals of the death of Jesus Christ. By examining each account the reader

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    The Gospel of Matthew presents the Messiah, the promised savior, the king of the Jews. The Gospel of Matthew is clear in its purpose, and is unique in its role in the scriptures. Matthew shows ages of prophecy to be fulfilled in Christ. He shows the fulfillment of the law in Christ, and Gods redemptive sacrifice fulfilled in Christ. Matthew goes on to show Israel’s rejection of their king, and more, a new people gathered to Christ (biblesanity.org). The birth of the Messiah came about when Mary

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    The Gospel of Matthew was written around the year 90 AD by Saint Matthew. It is one of four gospels that has been accepted into the Christian Bible. This gospel is written from the Jesus’s sayings and teachings while showing the similarities between Jewish law and Jesus’s teachings. Jesus first preaches to his people that the poor, mourning, meek, hungry, merciful, pure, and peacemakers shall see god and inherit the kingdom of heaven. God came to not destroy but fulfil, whoever breaks the commandments

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    A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will

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    in life, it seems that numerous authors grapple with this desire for knowledge. In the GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, Christ and his disciples struggle with understanding truth. Christ serves as a teacher for the disciples in this area as he explains how “…the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the upright,/to throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth” (Matthew 13:49-50). This passage explains to the disciples how as long as they live free from sin

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    The beginning of the book of “The Gospel According to Matthew”, describes the first early stages of Jesus. Jesus is the child of Mary and the Holy Spirit. Once he was born, King Herod had heard a rumor that baby Jesus would be the king of the Jewish people. King Herod started looking for Jesus. Herod was not told where baby Jesus was, he ordered that all the infants who were two years old or younger in Bethlehem to be killed. Baby Jesus’s existence frightened King Herod. As Jesus grew older the

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    Here we will mainly see the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel of Matthew, its connection with the Old Testament and the New Testament setting of the Sermon on the Mount. 1.1 SERMON ON THE MOUNT IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW The Sermon on the Mount is recorded in the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh chapters of the Gospel According to St. Matthew. 1.1.1 MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST Tradition attributes the authorship of the first Gospel to the Apostle Matthew who sat under the tax booth and followed Jesus (9:9f;

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    the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are just this: uncalled for and uncommon. This plagiarism issue is summed up at “the Synoptic Problem”, making the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke the synoptic gospels. The problem shows how many passages of the three gospels have the same wording, sometimes in the same order. However, the similarities balance out with the vast differences between what is included and what is not. The Gospel of Mark contains the most shared passages between Matthew and Luke

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    The four gospels are the closest things we have to a primary source for the life of Jesus. Each one recounts the same story, but with different details and focuses. During my research of the gospels, I noticed that Jesus seemed to be a large advocate of women’s rights for his time period. He changed the laws of divorce to be more equal between the sexes, and treated everyone he met equally, regardless of their gender or ethnic background. Additionally, there are prominent female figures that played

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