Category: Matthew

Matthew 7:21-25 is about the importance of genuine faith shown through obedient actions, like building a house on a rock-solid foundation, which will withstand the storms of life, rather than merely professing faith without putting it into practice, like building a house on sand that will easily collapse. 21 “Not everyone who says to me,…

Matthew 8:30 is about Jesus encountering two demon-possessed men who, upon seeing Him, recognized His authority and power, begging Him not to torture them before He cast them out into a herd of pigs. 30 Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. Setting the Scene for Matthew 8:30 In…

Matthew 9:9-12 is about Jesus calling Matthew, a tax collector considered a sinner by society, to follow him as a disciple and demonstrating that he came to heal sinners and not the righteous. 9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to…

Matthew 12:34-40 is about Jesus warning the Pharisees and scribes against their hypocrisy and lack of faith, emphasizing the importance of genuine repentance and the sign of Jonah as a symbol of his own death and resurrection. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the…

Matthew 15:17-20 is about the importance of guarding one’s heart and mind from impure thoughts and actions, for what comes out from a person’s heart is what truly defiles them in the eyes of God. 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? 18 But…

Matthew 18:15-22 is about the importance of seeking reconciliation and forgiveness within the Christian community, emphasizing the need for humility, willingness to confront wrongdoing, and the power of forgiveness. 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained…

Matthew 19:5-6 is about emphasizing the unity and indissolubility of marriage as a sacred bond established by God, where a man leaves his parents to be joined with his wife, becoming one flesh, and what God has joined together, man should not separate. 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his…

Matthew 22:1-22 is about the parable of the wedding feast, where Jesus teaches about the kingdom of heaven, emphasizing the importance of accepting God’s invitation to salvation and being prepared for the ultimate wedding banquet. And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king…

Matthew 24:1-3 is about Jesus predicting the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and revealing signs of the end times to his disciples. 1 Jesus left the temple and was going away when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, “You see all these,…