Summary: There is some mystery about prayer, but we are told to pray and we have abundant reasons to know God loves us and hears us. By a review of the many references to prayer in Matthew, as well as Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 28
Summary: An angel comes down from the sky and rolls away the stone from the tomb. The guards apparently faint from fear, but later they are willing to be bribed to lie about what happened. Then angel Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 27
Summary: Jesus is bound and taken to Pontius Pilate. Judas gives back the thirty pieces of silver, leading to fulfilled prophecy. Pilate gives the crowd a chance to ask for Jesus to be released, Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 26
Summary: Jesus tells the disciples one more time that he will be crucified. The chief priests, scribes, and elders plan to use deceit to kill Jesus. At the house of Simon the leper a woman pours a jar Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 25
Summary: Jesus continues his answer to the disciples about the sign of his coming and the end of the age with three analogies. First, he says the Kingdom of Heaven will be like 10 virgins who took Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 24
Summary:Jesus tells the disciples that not one stone of the temple will be left on another. When they then ask what the sign of his coming and the end of the age will be, he gives them a very detailed Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 23
Summary: Jesus tells the multitude and his disciples to pay attention to the law of Moses that the scribes and Pharisees teach, but don't live like the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees do. He goes Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 22
Summary: Jesus tells the parable of the wedding feast; the Pharisees try to trick Jesus with a question about taxes; the Sadducees try to trick Jesus with a question about marriage in heaven; and a Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 21
Summary: Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey; he proceeds to drive all those who sold and bought out of the temple; after camping at Bethany, he makes the fig tree wither; the chief priests and Continue Reading
Reading Matthew Chapter 20
Summary: Jesus continues by telling a story about a man hiring laborers to work in his vineyard, then paying them all the same amount no matter how long they worked. He again tells them that he will Continue Reading