Jan 16, 20232 min read
Matthew 4:12-16, Jesus Begins his Ministry
12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum, by...
Jan 13, 20233 min read
Matthew 4:2-11, The Forty-Day Fast
2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God,...
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Matthew 4:1, The Temptation of Jesus
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Comments Matthew stressed that the intention of the...
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Matthew 3:13-17, The Baptism of Jesus
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be...
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Matthew 3:4-12, John's Preaching Amid Vipers
4 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.5 Then Jerusalem...
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Matthew 3:1-3, John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this...
Jan 6, 20232 min read
Matthew 2:22-23, Jesus the Nazarene
Text 22 But when Joseph heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and he...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Matthew 2:19-21, The Return to Nazareth
Text 19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,20 saying, “Rise, take the child and his...
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Matthew 2:16-18, Herod Kills the Children
Text 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in...
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Matthew 2:13-15, The Flight Into Egypt
Text 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his...