Context Summary Matthew 14:22–33 contains the miracle of Jesus walking on the water. Immediately after feeding thousands of people from a single small portion, Jesus...

Context Summary Matthew 6:25–34 concludes this part of the Sermon on the Mount with Jesus’ teaching about anxiety. Even to the very poor, Jesus says...

Context Summary Matthew 5:1–12 contains the beautiful Beatitudes delivered by Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount. The series of nine sentences describes an unlikely...

Context Summary Matthew 7:7–14 describes God as a generous Father eager to give good gifts to His praying children. Jesus commands His followers to continually...

(Read Matthew 4:1-11) Concerning Christ’s temptation, observe, that directly after he was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he...

(Read Matthew 3:13-17) Christ’s gracious condescensions are so surprising, that even the strongest believers at first can hardly believe them; so deep and mysterious, that even...

(Read Matthew 3:1-6) After Malachi there was no prophet until John the Baptist came. He appeared first in the wilderness of Judea. This was not an...

  Context Summary Matthew 2:1–12 describes the arrival in Jerusalem of a group of wise men, sometime after Jesus’ birth. They are responding to the...

  (Read Isaiah 7:10-16) Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they...

Context Summary Matthew 25:31–46 describes Jesus’ epic judgment, to take place when He returns as King with His angels and takes His place on the...