Read the passage here. For what is or will be fairly obvious reasons, this is a pretty critical passage in the context of Matthew’s gospel.  However, I feel like this passage is one in which … Read More

Read the passage here. Once again, we are looking at a significant section of text.  As often happens, there’s much more to say about it than we actually have time for.  And it’s impossible to … Read More

Read the passage here. Our passage today picks up a few themes that we’ve seen in previous passages.  In particular, we’re seeing another encounter between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes (“teachers of the law” … Read More

Read the passage here. The passage we’re looking at today is a little bit of an odd one.  It’s one of the few passages – if not the only one – in the gospel of … Read More

Read the passage here. The passage that we’re looking at includes three parables, a kind of closing narrative, and then a final short narrative which also serves to close off this section as a whole … Read More

Read the passage here. Last week, we began looking at this section of discourse in the gospel of Matthew.  It is known for Jesus’ telling of series of parables about the kingdom.  We also talked … Read More

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Read the passage here. Looking at the beginning of our passage, right away, we see that the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees that we saw in the previous passage continues.  Here, Matthew makes a … Read More

Read the passage here. Our passage today is probably most well-known for the difficult saying about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. (And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, … Read More