Read Matthew 11:1-19

      We can feel for John the Baptist.  The one who preached imminent judgment on a sinful nation, railing that “even now the axe is laid...

Read Matthew 10:16-42

      Jesus wasn’t just speaking to the twelve disciples he was sending out on a short-term missionary tour to Jewish towns and villages, but to...

Read Matthew 9:35-10:15

      Jesus’ instructions to the Twelve may offend modern sensitives on matters of race.  “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter...

Read Matthew 9:18-34

      Why is it that in the gospels whenever Jesus warns someone not to tell anyone about the great things he has done for them, they tell everybody...

Read Matthew 9:9-17

      Matthew was a tax collector.  Given Israel’s political situation – having been conquered by and subsumed into the (Gentile) Roman...