Matthew’s Gospel reveals Jesus as Israel’s promised King who fulfills the Law and the Prophets. It calls believers to kingdom-shaped discipleship under His authority.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Matthew’s Gospel reveals Jesus as Israel’s promised King who fulfills the Law and the Prophets. It calls believers to kingdom-shaped discipleship under His authority.
Jesus maps the age as birth pains and calls for endurance, mission, and watchfulness. Matthew 24 lifts our eyes from rumors and rubble to the Son of Man who will appear openly and gather his people with a trumpet.
Matthew 23 thunders against hypocrisy and then weeps over Jerusalem. Jesus calls his people to integrity and to the weightier matters—justice, mercy, and faithfulness—while promising a future welcome for the King.
The King spreads a feast, coins expose true allegiance, resurrection hope corrects cynics, and love gathers the law into one path. Matthew 22 invites all to honor the Son—clothed by grace, rendered to God, and ordered by love.
Jesus rides in as the gentle King, cleanses the temple for prayer, withers a fruitless tree, confronts evasive leaders, and claims the cornerstone role. Matthew 21 calls us to welcome him, pray boldly, and bear the fruit the Father seeks.
Matthew 20 overturns calculators and crowns: the vineyard pays by grace, the King leads by serving to the cross, and the Son of David opens blind eyes. Learn how last-first reversals shape disciples who rejoice in generosity and live mercy on the road to Jerusalem.
Matthew 19 moves from creation’s design for marriage to the blessing of little children and the rich man’s sorrow. Jesus names human impossibility, offers divine possibility, and promises renewal and reward to all who follow him.
Matthew 18 outlines the King’s household rules: become like children, guard the vulnerable, pursue the straying, reconcile under his authority, and forgive from the heart. Jesus’ presence with even two or three gives humble communities strength to live this way.
Matthew 17 reveals the Son’s glory on the mountain, his power in the valley, and his wisdom in everyday obligations. Hear the Father’s command—listen to him—and follow with mustard-seed trust and love-shaped freedom.
Matthew 16 moves from demands for signs to the Father’s revelation of the Son, from yeast-like false teaching to the solid rock of confession, and from self-rule to the freedom of cross-bearing in hope of the King’s return.
In Matthew 15, Jesus opposes traditions that cancel God’s commands, locates defilement in the heart, honors a Gentile woman’s faith, and feeds thousands. The chapter invites obedience from the inside out and compassion that reaches across borders.
Herod’s feast ends in death, but Jesus’ wilderness feast overflows with life. In Matthew 14, the King feeds, stills storms, and draws worship from fearful hearts.
Matthew 13 gathers Jesus’ parables to reveal how the kingdom works now and where it is headed. Learn to hear well, sow patiently, and prize Christ above all.