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Back to SearchMatthew 5:27-32: Marriage Breakers
As Jesus continues to expound upon His Law, He deepens our understanding of the Sixth Commandment. Physical adultery does not only break marriage; th…
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Matthew 5:21-26: Murderous Anger
When Jesus states what His disciples have heard from the Old Testament, He does not contradict the Word of God but reveals the full depth of His trut…
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Matthew 5:17-20: An Exceeding Righteousness
Jesus prepares for a major section of teaching in His Sermon on the Mount by clarifying His relationship to the Scriptures. He has not come to abolis…
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Matthew 5:13-16: Salt and Light
Having blessed His disciples, Jesus gives them an identity founded in Himself. His disciples are the salt of the earth, providing what is lacking in …
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Matthew 5:3-12: Blessed Are You
Jesus begins His Sermon on the Mount with nine beatitudes. Jesus speaks these statements of God’s blessing and salvation to unlikely groups, such as …
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Matthew 4:23-5:2: The Gospel of the Kingdom
Even as a transitional text, these few verses reveal a great deal of the character of Jesus’ ministry. His teaching, proclaiming, and healing all bri…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Matthew 4:12-22: The Light Dawns in Galilee
John’s imprisonment foreshadows the suffering that Jesus will endure, but the time for His passion has not yet come. Jesus withdraws from Antipas’ te…
3 months ago
Matthew 4:1-11: But for Us Fights the Valiant One
After heaven opens to Jesus at His Baptism, hell now opens to attack Jesus at His temptation. Jesus goes into the wilderness and fasts for forty days…
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Matthew 3:13-17: The Crimson Flood Heals Our Ills
When Jesus comes to John for the baptism that sinners have been receiving, John objects and says that Jesus ought to baptize him instead. Yet Jesus’ …
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Matthew 3:1-12: Repent, You Vipers!
St. Matthew introduces John the Baptist, moving the account of Jesus’ life forward to the cusp of His preaching ministry. John’s appearance in the wi…
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