Matthew
King James Version · 28 chapters · 1071 verses · New Testament
Jesus, the promised king
It opens with a genealogy, which sounds like a strange way to start until you see what it is doing: Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. This is a gospel written to show that the one who came is the one who was promised, and it quotes the Old Testament constantly to prove it. The birth, the wise men, the flight into Egypt. The Sermon on the Mount, three chapters that still unsettle everyone who reads them properly. Parables about the kingdom, the confrontation in Jerusalem, the cross and the empty tomb, and a commission to go and teach all nations.