The Book of Matthew

In the Book of Matthew, Jesus speaks with wise teachings to either His disciples or others as He teaches and heals.

     This could have been me! What do His words tell me? 

 

Chapter 4 - “Repent... “Come and follow Me.” 

Chapter 5 – “Blessed are you when people say evil against you because of me.” -  “Rejoice and be glad...your reward is in heaven.”  - “You are the salt of the earth...but if it loses it saltiness, it is no longer good for anything.” – “Love your enemies and pray for them.” – “Do not swear, simply say yes or no.” 

Chapter 6 – “When you give to the needy, do not announce it.” – “When you pray, close the door, and pray to the Father, who is unseen.” – “Pray, ‘Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed by thy name.’ ” – “If you forgive others, your Heavenly Father will forgive you.” – “Do not worry, but first seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness.” – “You cannot serve both God and money.”  

Chapter 7 - “Do not judge, or you will be judged.” - “First, look at the speck in your own eye, before looking at the speck in your brother’s eye.” - “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” 

Chapter 8 - Jesus heals - “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” 

Chapter 9 - “Your faith has healed you.” - “According to your faith, let it be done to you.” 

Chapter 10 - “Do not worry about what to say or how to say it...you will be given what to say.”– “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” - “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.” – “Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.”  

Chapter 11- “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” 

Chapter 12 - “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” 

Chapter 13 - “Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” 

Chapter 14 - “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Chapter 15 - “What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what come of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” 

Chapter 16 - “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” 

Chapter 17 - “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there.’ And it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” 

Chapter 18 - “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Chapter 19 - “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” - “Many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.” 

Chapter 20 - “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave -just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Chapter 21- “Have you never read, From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise.” 

Chapter 22 - “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Chapter 23 - “Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. Al the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Chapter 24- “Watch out that on one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.” - “Keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” 

Chapter 25 “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” 

Chapter 26 - “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 

Chapter 27 - “Jesus cried out in a loud voice, and gave up His spirit

Chapter 28- “Go...teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you... I will be with you to the very end of the age.”