Matthew’s main goal was to show the Jews of the time that Jesus was the true Lord and Messiah, the one that they had been waiting for. He uses a lot of references to the Old Testament to give a sort of familiarity to his Gospel. He also picks out a lot of specific scripture to show that Jesus is indeed the one that they have been waiting for. Matthew begins his Gospel with Jesus’s genealogy, which ca

In Matthew’s gospel Pharisee’s are a very strict Jewish people. They believe that Judaism’s main focus was around the law and the observance of the law. There was mutual hostility between the Pharisee’s and Jesus. John the Baptist even calls them a brood of vipers. In general, the Pharisee’s were very proud and confident of their Jewish blood. They closely watch Jesus, always trying to lure him into a wrong answer,

The Pharisee’s and the scribes are questioning Jesus. They want to know why the disciples break the tradition of the elders. They do not wash their hands before meals. Jesus in return asked them why they disobey God. They are supposed to honor their father and mother, and if they curse them they should die. But what they really say is any support you might have had from me is dedicated to God, need not honor his father. They have nullified the word of God for the sake of their traditions. Jesus sits down and explains that it is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles a person, rather it is what comes out of that persons mouth that defiles them. The Pharisee’s became angered when they heard th

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