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    can remain factual, yet adapted to be presented to a variety of audiences-as is the case with the birth story of Jesus, the Messiah. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are an example of the well-rounded, yet diverse, narration of the birth story of Jesus-Matthew's narration spoke to the Jewish people and Luke presented to the citizens of Rome. Although both Gospels share common elements of the birth story of Jesus-Mary, Joseph, the angelic announcement, an oppressive political ruler, difficult travel

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    Exegesis – Gospel of Matthew: Concerning Prayer (6:5-14) Introduction Matthew 6:9-13 records the Lord’s Prayer in the account of Jesus Christ. Jesus gave this model prayer to his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Greenman, 2012: 4). The Lord’s Prayer has been central to Christian liturgy and tradition ever since. This essay will first summarise the literary structure and historical context, including authorship and date and location of writing and audience of the gospel of Matthew. Followed

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    The Gospels are integral to our understanding of The Holy Bible as a whole. The entire Old Testament builds to them, and the New Testament builds from them. Furthermore, The Gospel of Matthew is the foundation on which The Gospels themselves are built.Written for a Jewish audience- It is in Matthew that Jesus Christ, his ministry and his place in God’s plan for his children is revealed to us. Matthew wrote his Gospel primarily for his fellow Jews. He started by sharing the genealogy of Jesus.

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    Name: Matthew/Levi Birthplace/ Hometown: speculated both place Galilee, Israel. His Hometown was Capernaum. Occupation: he was a tax collector. Occasion of Jesus' calling: Jesus saw him siting at a tax collector booth and said to him to follow him and he got up and followed Christ. Distinctive Mentions the Gospel: Matthew is mentioned throughout all four Gospels multiple times alongside all the rest of the disciples. He’s is also mentioned when Jesus called him to be a disciple. Unique traits: Matthew

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    Lutheran church, it is strange to read verses from the Gospels that show Jesus wanting families to be divided and rejecting his own family. Most Christian understandings of family stem from love and “Honor thy father and mother,” but in Matthew and Mark, Jesus’ expectations are harsh and negative. Rather than showing them honor and following parents’ wishes, Jesus wants people to go against the people they are closest to. While both Matthew 10:34-39 and Mark 3:20-35 are about the importance of

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    AN OUTLINE OF SAINT MATTHEW A study of the Gospel of Saint Matthew INTRODUCTION This is the first in a series of texts which will outline the books of the New Testament in detail. These outlines are intended to become a resource for the use of the serious Bible student, as well as for Pastors and teachers, to assist them in their studies. It is hoped that the student and the teacher will find information which will clarify the text and bring a greater depth of understanding of the Word of God

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    read chapter 9 of the gospel of Matthew without first reading our text today, it would be hard for him or her to believe that our Lord and Savior would ever need help. For this chapter is filled with illustrations of Jesus’ omnipotent power and authority. Just look at what’s recorded in it and you would never believe that Jesus would ever need anyone’s help: • In verse 2, He heals a man who had palsy by saying, “Thy sins be forgiven thee.” • In verse 9, He simply passed by Matthew and said “follow me

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    The four New Testament gospel books, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John form a conclusive and powerful portrait of Jesus Christ as the sent son of God. The four books are not in any way explaining the biography of Christ’s complete life, but rather trying to give the fundamental truth of Christianity, the great truths of the gospel and who Jesus really is. Each of the named gospel writers gives a clear and personal perspective of Christ as guided by the Holy Ghost and the themes that correspond to Jesus

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    looking in the Gospel of Matthew 15:21-28 and the Gospel of Mark 7:24-30 one can find that each of these pieces of their respective gospels have both some similarities and differences. There is evidence of overlap between these two which are quite easy to find whilst one is reading the sections of each. There also are points in which these two accounts diverge from one another by either telling a certain part of the other gospel in a different way, removing content from one of the other gospels, or adding

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    In this week, we learned about the Gospel of Matthew, especially, the Sermon on the Mount is essential to the understanding of the teaching of Jesus and what will Jesus do if he is here today. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus teaches people the importance of forgiveness, humbleness, righteousness, and great caring to the others such as love our neighbor. These teaching are useful to my signature assignment: How to Manage? In my signature assignment, I need to think if Jesus was a general manager of

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