Gospel of Matthew

{{Short description|Book of the New Testament}}
{{For|the film|The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)}}
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[[File:POxy v0064 n4404 a 01 hires.jpg|thumb|Matthew 21:34–37 on [[Papyrus 104]] ({{Circa|AD 150}})]]
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The '''Gospel of Matthew'''{{NoteTag|The book is sometimes called the '''Gospel according to Matthew''' ({{lang-el|Κατὰ Ματθαῖον/Μαθθαῖον Εὐαγγέλιον|translit=Katà Mat(h)thaîon Euangélion}}), or simply '''Matthew'''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiPouAEACAAJ |title=ESV Pew Bible |publisher=Crossway |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4335-6343-0 |location=Wheaton, IL |pages=807 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603093159/https://www.google.com/books/edition/ESV_Pew_Bible_Black/HiPouAEACAAJ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is most commonly abbreviated as "Matt."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bible Book Abbreviations |url=https://www.logos.com/bible-book-abbreviations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421100743/https://www.logos.com/bible-book-abbreviations |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Logos Bible Software}}</ref>}} is the first book of the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]] and one of the three [[synoptic Gospels]]. It tells how Israel's [[Messiah]], [[Jesus]], comes to his people (the Jews) but is rejected by them and how, after [[resurrection of Jesus|his resurrection]], he [[Great Commission|sends the disciples]] to the [[gentile]]s instead.{{sfn|Luz|2005b|pp=233-34}} Matthew wishes to emphasize that the [[Judaism|Jewish tradition]] should not be lost in a church that was increasingly becoming gentile.{{sfn|Davies|Allison|1997|p=722}}{{sfn|Storkey|2022|p=84}} The gospel reflects the struggles and conflicts between the evangelist's community and the other Jews, particularly with its sharp criticism of the scribes and [[Pharisees]]{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=182}} with the position that through their rejection of Christ, the [[Kingdom of God (Christianity)|Kingdom of God]] has been taken away from them and given instead to the church.{{sfn|Strecker|2000|pp=369–70}} 

The gospel is traditionally attributed to the [[Matthew the Apostle|Apostle Matthew]]. According to predominant scholarly views, it was written in the last quarter of the first century by an anonymous Jew familiar with technical legal aspects of scripture.{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=174}}{{sfn|Duling|2010|pp=301–02}}

== Composition==
==={{anchor|Authorship}}Author and date===
[[File:Papyrus BnF Suppl. gr. 1120 ii 3 (Gregory-Aland papyrus P4) - Gospel of Matthew's title, euangelion kata Maththaion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Papyrus {{Papyrus link|4}}, fragment of a flyleaf with the title of the Gospel of Matthew, {{lang-grc|ευαγγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον|euangelion kata Maththaion|label=none}}. Dated to late 2nd or early 3rd century, it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew.]]
According to early church tradition, originating with [[Papias of Hierapolis]] ({{c.|60–130 AD}}),{{sfn|Keith|2016|p=92}} the gospel was written by Matthew the companion of Jesus, but this presents numerous problems.{{sfn|Duling|2010|pp=301–02}} Most modern scholars hold that it was written anonymously{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=174}} in the last quarter of the first century by a male Jew who stood on the margin between traditional and nontraditional Jewish values and who was familiar with technical legal aspects of scripture being debated in his time.{{sfn|Davies|Allison|1988|p=128}}{{sfn|Duling|2010|p=302}}{{NoteTag|name=Date|1=This view is based on three arguments: (a) the setting reflects the final separation of Church and Synagogue, about 85 AD; (b) it reflects the capture of [[Jerusalem]] and destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 AD; (c) it uses Mark, usually dated around 70 AD, as a source. (See [https://books.google.com/books?id=0ruP6J_XPCEC&pg=PA18 R. T. France (2007), ''The Gospel of Matthew'', p. 18].) France himself is not convinced by the majority—see his Commentary, pp. 18–19. Allison adds that "Ignatius of Antioch, the Didache, and Papias—all from the first part of the second century—show knowledge of Matthew, which accordingly must have been composed before 100 CE. (See e.g. Ign., Smyrn. 1; Did. 8.2.)" See Dale Allison, "Matthew" in Muddiman and Barton's The Gospels (Oxford Bible Commentary), Oxford 2010, p.&nbsp;27.}} However, scholars such as [[N. T. Wright]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=N. T. |last2=Bird |first2=Michael F. |title=The New Testament in its world: an introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the first Christians |date=2019 |publisher=SPCK ; Zondervan Academic |location=London : Grand Rapids, Michigan |isbn=0310499321 |pages=582-584 |oclc=
1128988591}}</ref> and [[John Wenham]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wenham |first=John |author-link=John Wenham |title=Redating Matthew, Mark, and Luke: A Fresh Assault on the Synoptic Problem |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |orig-date=1992 |isbn=9781725276659 |edition=Reprinted |date=2020 |pages=223-247 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qin4DwAAQBAJ}}</ref> postulates that there are problems with dating Matthew late in the first century, and argues that it was written in the 40s-50s AD. Wenham believes that later dates can be proven using,(a) a belief that the apocalyptic passages in the Synoptics refer to past events rather than future and,(b) a misreading of Irenaeus as claiming that Matthew wrote after Peter and Paul preached in Rome.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} German scholar [[Adolf Jülicher]] argued that the gospel "cannot possibly be the translation of a Hebrew original" and that it most likely dates from "about the year 100."<ref>[[Adolf Jülicher]], ''An Introduction to the New Testament'' ([[Janet Trevelyan|Janet Penrose Ward]], transl.), [https://archive.org/details/introductiontone00jlrich/page/303/mode/1up?view=theater pp.303-308], (London: [[Smith, Elder & Co.]], 1904).</ref>

The majority of scholars believe that Mark was the [[Marcan priority|first gospel to be composed]] and that Matthew and Luke both drew upon it as a major source for their works.{{sfn|Turner|2008|pp=6–7}}{{sfn|Senior|1996|p=22}} The author did not simply copy Mark but used it as a base, emphasizing [[Jesus]]'s place in the Jewish tradition and including details not found in Mark.{{sfn|Harrington|1991|pp=5–6}} Writing in a polished Semitic "synagogue Greek", he drew on the [[Gospel of Mark]] as a source, plus a hypothetical collection of sayings known as the [[Q source]] (material shared with [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] but not with Mark) and hypothetical material unique to his own community, called the [[M source]] or "Special Matthew."{{sfn|Duling|2010|p=306}}{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=175-176}} Matthew has 600 verses in common with Mark, which is a book of only 661 verses. There is approximately an additional 220 verses shared by Matthew and Luke but not found in Mark, from a second source, a hypothetical collection of sayings to which scholars give the name {{lang|de|Quelle}} ('source' in the German language), or the [[Q source]].{{sfn|McMahon|2008|p=57}} This view, known as the [[two-source hypothesis]] (Mark and Q), allows for a further body of tradition known as "Special Matthew", or the M source, meaning material unique to Matthew. This may represent a separate source, or it may come from the author's church, or he may have composed these verses himself.{{sfn|Senior|1996|p=22}} The author also had the Greek scriptures at his disposal, both as book-scrolls (Greek translations of [[book of Isaiah|Isaiah]], the [[Psalms]] etc.) and in the form of "testimony collections" (collections of excerpts), and the oral stories of his community.{{sfn|Beaton|2005|p=116}}

=== Setting ===
Most scholars view the gospel of Matthew as a work of the second generation of Christians, for whom the defining event was the [[destruction of Jerusalem]] and the [[Second Temple|Temple]] by the Romans in 70 AD in the course of the [[First Jewish–Roman War]] (66–73 AD). From this point on, what had begun with Jesus of Nazareth as a Jewish [[messiah|messianic]] movement became an increasingly gentile phenomenon evolving in time into a separate religion.{{sfn|Scholtz|2009|pp=34–35}} They hold that the author wrote for a community of Greek-speaking Jewish Christians located probably in Syria. [[Antioch]], the largest city in Roman Syria and the third largest city in the empire, is often proposed.{{sfn|Nolland|2005|p=18}} Other scholars hold that the [[historical Jesus]] had already predicted that the Jerusalem Temple would be destroyed.{{sfn|Barber|2023|p=84}}

The community to which Matthew belonged, like many 1st-century Christians, was still part of the larger Jewish community.{{sfn|Saldarini|1994|p=4}} The relationship of Matthew to this wider world of Judaism remains a subject of study and contention, the principal question being to what extent, if any, Matthew's community had cut itself off from its Jewish roots.{{sfn|Senior|2001|pp=7–8, 72}} It is evident from the gospel that there was conflict between Matthew's group and other Jewish groups, and it is generally agreed that the root of the conflict was the Matthew community's belief in Jesus as the Messiah and authoritative interpreter of the law, as one risen from the dead and uniquely endowed with divine authority.{{sfn|Senior|2001|p=11}}

The divine nature of Jesus was a major issue for the Matthaean community, the crucial element separating the [[early Christians]] from their Jewish neighbors; while Mark begins with [[Baptism of Jesus|Jesus's baptism]] and [[Temptations of Christ|temptations]], Matthew goes back to Jesus's origins, showing him as the [[Son of God (Christianity)|Son of God]] from his birth, the fulfillment of [[Christian messianic prophecies|messianic prophecies]] of the [[Old Testament]].{{sfn|Peppard|2011|p=133}} The title [[Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament#Son of David|Son of David]], used exclusively in relation to miracles, identifies Jesus as the healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel sent to Israel alone.{{sfn|Luz|1995|pp=86, 111}} As [[Son of Man]] he will return to judge the world, an expectation which his disciples recognize but of which his enemies are unaware.{{sfn|Luz|1995|pp=91, 97}} As [[Son of God]], God is revealing himself through his son, and Jesus proving his sonship through his obedience and example.{{sfn|Luz|1995|p=93}}

Unlike Mark, Matthew never bothers to explain Jewish customs, since his intended audience was a Jewish one; unlike Luke, who traces Jesus's ancestry back to Adam, father of the human race, he traces it only to Abraham, father of the Jews. Of his three presumed sources only "M", the material from his own community, refers to a "church" (''ecclesia''), an organized group with rules for keeping order; and the content of "M" suggests that this community was strict in keeping the [[Halakha|Jewish law]], holding that they must exceed the scribes and the Pharisees in "righteousness" (adherence to Jewish law).{{sfn|Burkett|2002|pp=180–81}} Writing from within a Jewish-Christian community growing increasingly distant from other Jews and becoming increasingly gentile in its membership and outlook, Matthew put down in his gospel his vision "of an assembly or church in which both Jew and Gentile would flourish together".{{sfn|Senior|2001|p=19}}

==Structure and content==
===Structure: narrative and discourses===
Matthew, alone among the gospels, alternates five blocks of narrative with five of discourse, marking each off with the phrase "When Jesus had finished"{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=9}} (see [[Five Discourses of Matthew]]). Some scholars see in this a deliberate plan to create a parallel to the first five books of the Old Testament; others see a three-part structure based around the idea of Jesus as [[Messiah]], a set of weekly readings spread out over the year, or no plan at all.{{sfn|Davies|Allison|1988|pp=59–61}} Davies and Allison, in their widely used commentary, draw attention to the use of "triads" (the gospel groups things in threes),{{sfn|Davies|Allison|1988|pp=62ff}} and [[Richard Thomas France|R. T. France]], in another influential commentary, notes the geographic movement from [[Galilee]] to Jerusalem and back, with the post-resurrection appearances in Galilee as the culmination of the whole story.{{sfn|France|2007|pp=2ff}}

=== Prologue: genealogy, Nativity and infancy (Matthew 1–2) ===
{{Main|Genealogy of Jesus|Nativity of Jesus}}

The Gospel of Matthew begins with the words "The Book of Genealogy [in Greek, 'Genesis'] of Jesus Christ", deliberately echoing the words of Genesis 2:4<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|2:4}}</ref> in the [[Septuagint]].{{NoteTag|name=Genesis|France, p. 26 note 1, and p. 28: "The first two words of Matthew's gospel are literally "book of genesis".}} The genealogy tells of Jesus's descent from [[Abraham]] and [[King David]] and the miraculous events surrounding [[Virgin birth of Jesus|his virgin birth]],{{NoteTag|name=Joseph|France, p. 28 note 7: "All MSS and versions agree in making it explicit that Joseph was not Jesus' father, with the one exception of sys, which reads "Joseph, to whom was betrothed Mary the virgin, begot Jesus."}} and the infancy narrative tells of the [[Massacre of the Innocents|massacre of the innocents]], the [[flight into Egypt]], and eventual journey to [[Nazareth]].

===First narrative and Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 3:1–8:1)===
{{Main|Baptism of Jesus|Sermon on the Mount}}
Following the genealogy, birth and infancy of Jesus, the first narrative section begins. [[John the Baptist]] baptizes Jesus, and the Holy Spirit descends upon him. Jesus prays and meditates in the wilderness for forty days, and is tempted by [[Satan]]. His early ministry by word and deed in Galilee meets with much success, and leads to the [[Sermon on the Mount]], the first of the discourses. The sermon presents the ethics of the [[kingdom of God]], introduced by the [[Beatitudes]] ("Blessed are..."). It concludes with a reminder that the response to the kingdom will have eternal consequences, and the crowd's amazed response leads into the next narrative block.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=101}}

===Second narrative and discourse (Matthew 8:2–11:1)===
From the authoritative words of Jesus, the gospel turns to three sets of three [[miracles of Jesus|miracles]] interwoven with two sets of two [[disciples of Jesus|discipleship]] stories (the second narrative), followed by a discourse on mission and suffering.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=226}} Jesus commissions the [[Twelve Disciples]] and sends them to preach to the Jews, perform miracles, and prophesy the imminent coming of the Kingdom, commanding them to travel lightly, without staff or sandals.{{sfn|Harris|1985|p=}}

===Third narrative and discourse (Matthew 11:2–13:53)===
Opposition to Jesus comes to a head with accusations that his deeds are done through the power of Satan. Jesus in turn accuses his opponents of [[Blasphemy|blaspheming]] the Holy Spirit. The discourse is a set of [[Parables of Jesus|parables]] emphasizing the sovereignty of God, and concluding with a challenge to the disciples to understand the teachings as scribes of the [[Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)|Kingdom of Heaven]].{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=285}} (Matthew avoids using the [[names of God in Judaism|holy word God]] in the expression "Kingdom of God"; instead he prefers the term "Kingdom of Heaven", reflecting the Jewish tradition of not speaking the name of God).{{sfn|Browning|2004|p=248}}

===Fourth narrative and discourse (Matthew 13:54–19:1)===
{{also|Confession of Peter}}
The fourth narrative section reveals that the increasing opposition to Jesus will result in [[Crucifixion of Jesus|his crucifixion]] in Jerusalem, and that his disciples must therefore prepare for his absence.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=265}} The instructions for the post-crucifixion church emphasize responsibility and humility. This section contains the two [[Feeding of the multitude|feedings of the multitude]] (Matthew 14:13–21<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|14:13–21}}</ref> and 15:32–39)<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|15:32–39}}</ref> along with the narrative in which Simon, newly renamed Peter ({{lang-grc|Πέτρος|Petros|stone|label=none}}), calls Jesus "the Christ, the son of the living God", and Jesus states that on this "bedrock" ({{lang-grc|πέτρα|petra|label=none}}) he will build his [[Christian Church|church]] (Matthew 16:13–19).<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|16:13–19}}</ref>

Matthew 16:13–19 forms the foundation for the [[Primacy of the Bishop of Rome|papacy's claim of authority]].{{cn|date=February 2021}}

===Fifth narrative and discourse (Matthew 19:2–26:1)===
{{Main|Second Coming}}
Jesus travels toward Jerusalem, and the opposition intensifies: he is tested by [[Pharisees]] as soon as he begins to move toward the city, and when he arrives he is soon in conflict with the Temple's traders and religious leaders. He teaches in the Temple, debating with the chief priests and religious leaders and speaking in parables about the Kingdom of God and the failings of the chief priests and the Pharisees. The [[Herodians|Herodian]] caucus also become involved in a scheme to entangle Jesus,<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|22:15–16}}</ref> but Jesus's careful response to their enquiry, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's", leaves them marveling at his words.<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|22:21–22}}</ref>

The disciples ask about the future, and in his final discourse (the [[Olivet Discourse]]) Jesus speaks of the coming end.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=445}} There will be false Messiahs, earthquakes, and persecutions, the sun, moon, and stars will fail, but "this generation" will not pass away before all the prophecies are fulfilled.{{sfn|Harris|1985|p=}} The disciples must steel themselves for ministry to all the nations. At the end of the discourse, Matthew notes that Jesus has finished all his words, and attention turns to the crucifixion.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=445}}

===Conclusion: Passion, Resurrection and Great Commission (Matthew 26:2–28:20)===
The events of Jesus's last week occupy a third of the content of all four gospels.{{sfn|Turner|2008|p=613}} Jesus [[Triumphal entry into Jerusalem|enters Jerusalem in triumph]] and drives the money changers from the Temple, holds a [[last supper]], prays to be spared the coming agony (but concludes "if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done"), and is betrayed. He is tried by the Jewish leaders (the [[Sanhedrin]]) and before [[Pontius Pilate]], and Pilate washes his hands to indicate that he does not assume responsibility. Jesus is crucified as king of the Jews, [[Mocking of Jesus|mocked]] by all. On his death there is an earthquake, the veil of the Temple is rent, and saints rise from their tombs. [[Mary Magdalene]] and [[Mary, the mother of James|another Mary]] discover the empty tomb, guarded by an [[angel]], and Jesus himself tells them to tell the disciples to meet him in Galilee.

After the resurrection the remaining disciples return to Galilee, "to the mountain that Jesus had appointed", where he comes to them and tells them that he has been given "all authority in heaven and on Earth." He gives the Great Commission: "Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you". Jesus will be with them "to the very end of the age".{{sfn|Turner|2008|pp=687–88}}

== Theology ==
=== Christology ===
[[Christology]] is the theological doctrine of Christ, "the affirmations and definitions of Christ's humanity and deity".{{sfn|Levison|Pope-Levison|2009|p=167}} There are a variety of Christologies in the New Testament, albeit with a single centre—Jesus is the figure in whom God has acted for mankind's salvation.{{sfn|Fuller|2001|pp=68–69}}

Matthew has taken key Christological texts from Mark, but has sometimes changed the stories found in Mark, giving evidence of his own concerns.{{sfn|Tuckett|2001|p=119}} The title [[Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament#Son of David|Son of David]] identifies Jesus as the healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel (it is used exclusively in relation to miracles), and the Jewish messiah is sent to Israel alone.{{sfn|Luz|1995|pp=86, 111}} As [[Son of Man]] he will return to judge the world, a fact his disciples recognize but of which his enemies are unaware.{{sfn|Luz|1995|pp=91, 97}} As [[Son of God]] he is named [[Immanuel]] ('God with us'),<ref>{{Bibleverse|Matthew|1:23|ASV}}</ref> God revealing himself through his son, and Jesus proving his sonship through his obedience and example.{{sfn|Luz|1995|p=93}}

=== Relationship with the Jews ===
Matthew's prime concern was that the Jewish tradition should not be lost in a church that was increasingly becoming gentile.{{sfn|Davies|Allison|1997|p=722}} This concern lies behind the frequent citations of Jewish scripture, the evocation of Jesus as the new Moses along with other events from Jewish history, and the concern to present Jesus as fulfilling, not destroying, the Law.{{sfn|Senior|2001|pp=17–18}} Matthew must have been aware of the tendency to distort Paul's teaching of the law no longer having power over the New Testament Christian into [[antinomianism]], and addressed Christ's fulfilling of what the Israelites expected from the "Law and the Prophets" in an eschatological sense, in that he was all that the Old Testament had predicted in the Messiah.{{sfn|France|2007|pp=179–81, 185–86}}

The gospel has been interpreted as reflecting the struggles and conflicts between the evangelist's community and the other Jews, particularly with its sharp criticism of the scribes and Pharisees.{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=182}} It tells how Israel's [[Messiah]], rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgment on Israel and its leaders and becomes the salvation of the [[gentile]]s.{{sfn|Luz|2005b|pp=17}} Prior to the crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews are referred to as [[Israelites]]—the honorific title of God's chosen people. After it, they are called {{transliteration|grc|[[Ioudaios]]}} (Jews), a sign that—due to their rejection of the Christ—the "[[Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)|Kingdom of Heaven]]" has been taken away from them and given instead to the church.{{sfn|Strecker|2000|pp=369–70}}

== Comparison with other writings ==
{{seealso|Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew}}

=== Christological development ===
The divine nature of Jesus was a major issue for the community of Matthew, the crucial element marking them from their Jewish neighbors. Early understandings of this nature grew as the gospels were being written. Before the gospels, that understanding was focused on the revelation of Jesus as God in his resurrection, but the gospels reflect a broadened focus extended backwards in time.{{sfn|Peppard|2011|p=133}}

===Mark===
Matthew is a creative reinterpretation of Mark,{{sfn|Beaton|2005|p=117}} stressing Jesus's teachings as much as his acts,{{sfn|Morris|1986|p=114}} and making subtle changes in order to stress his divine nature: for example, Mark's "young man" who appears at Jesus's tomb becomes "a radiant angel" in Matthew.{{sfn|Beaton|2005|p=123}} The miracle stories in Mark do not demonstrate the divinity of Jesus, but rather confirm his status as an emissary of God (which was Mark's understanding of the Messiah).{{sfn|Aune|1987|p=59}}

=== Chronology ===
There is a broad disagreement over chronology between [[Synoptic Gospels|Matthew, Mark and Luke]] on one hand and John on the other: all four agree that Jesus's public ministry began with an encounter with John the Baptist, but Matthew, Mark and Luke follow this with an account of teaching and healing in Galilee, then a trip to Jerusalem where there is an [[Cleansing of the Temple|incident in the Temple]], climaxing with the crucifixion on the day of the [[Passover]] holiday. [[Gospel of John|John]], by contrast, puts the Temple incident very early in Jesus's ministry, has several trips to Jerusalem, and puts the crucifixion immediately before the Passover holiday, on the day when the lambs for the Passover meal were being sacrificed in Temple.{{sfn|Levine|2001|p=373}}

===Canonical positioning===
The early patristic scholars regarded Matthew as the earliest of the gospels and placed it first in the canon, and the early Church mostly quoted from Matthew, secondarily from John, and only distantly from Mark.{{sfn|Edwards|2002|p=2}}

== See also ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Authorship of the Bible]]
* [[Gospel of the Ebionites]]
* [[Gospel of the Hebrews]]
* [[Gospel of the Nazarenes]]
* [[Hebrew Gospel hypothesis]]
* ''[[The Visual Bible: Matthew]]''
* ''[[Il vangelo secondo Matteo]]'', a film by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]
* [[Jewish–Christian gospels]]
* [[List of omitted Bible verses]]
* [[List of Gospels]]
* [[Sermon on the Mount]]
* ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' – an oratorio by [[J. S. Bach]]
* [[Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew]]
* [[Shem Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew]]
}}

== Notes ==
{{NoteFoot}}

== References ==
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{{Reflist|20em}}

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 |isbn          = 978-0-19-280290-3
 |access-date   = 14 November 2015
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* {{Cite book
 |last1        = Davies
 |first1       = William David
 |author-link1 = W. D. Davies
 |last2        = Allison
 |first2       = Dale C.
 |author-link2 = Dale Allison
 |title        = A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew
 |volume       = I: Introduction and Commentary on Matthew I–VII
 |publisher    = T&T Clark Ltd.
 |year         = 1988
 |url          = https://books.google.com/books?id=z79ltm3TFWwC
 |isbn         = 978-0-567-09481-0
}}
* {{Cite book | last1=Davies | first1=William David | author-mask1=2 | last2=Allison | first2=Dale C. | author-mask2=2 | title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew | volume=II: Commentary on Matthew VIII–XVIII | publisher=T&T Clark Ltd. | year=1999 | orig-year=1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCHUAwAAQBAJ | isbn=978-0-567-09545-9 }}
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* {{Cite book 
|last = Duling 
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|editor-last = Aune 
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|title = The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament 
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|publisher = Wiley-Blackwell 
|year = 2010 
|isbn = 978-1-4051-0825-6 
|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ygcgn8h-jo4C&pg=PA295 
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|year = 2002
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|title = Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
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|title = Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
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|year = 2009
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|year = 2012 
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|title=The Gospel of Matthew
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 |publisher = Liturgical Press
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|year = 1955
|pages = 55–88
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|title=The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible
|publisher=Oxford University Press
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|year = 1986 
|publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans 
|isbn = 978-0-8028-8163-2 
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|editor1-last=Coogan
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|publisher=Oxford University Press
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|editor2-last=Kärkkäinen
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|title=Global Dictionary of Theology
|publisher=InterVarsity Press
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 |translator-last  = Linss
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 |volume           = 1
 |publisher        = Fortress Press
 |location         = Minneapolis
 |year             = 1989
 |isbn             = 978-0-8066-2402-0
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|isbn=978-0-521-43576-5
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 |isbn        = 978-0-8006-6034-5
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 |last        = Luz
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 |series      = Matthew: A Commentary
 |volume      = 3
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|last=Luz
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* {{Cite book
|last=McMahon
|first=Christopher
|chapter=Introduction to the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
|editor-last=Ruff
|editor-first=Jerry
|title=Understanding the Bible: A Guide to Reading the Scriptures
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|year=2008
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=al4d-3t6rqwC&pg=PA57
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|last=Perkins
|first=Pheme
|chapter=The Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: Telling the Christian Story
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSHCRgS_SAUC&pg=PR7
|editor1-last=Kee
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|title=The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
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|editor1-last=Dunn
|editor1-first=James D.G.
|editor2-last=Rogerson
|editor2-first=John William
|title=Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible
|publisher=Eerdmans
|year=2003
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* {{Cite book
|last=Keener
|first=Craig S.
|title=A commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
|publisher=Eerdmans
|year=1999
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* {{Cite book|last=Morris|first=Leon|title=The Gospel according to Matthew|publisher=Eerdmans|year=1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pwaSKcHyEEC|isbn=978-0-85111-338-8}}
* {{Cite book|last=Nolland|first=John|title=The Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary on the Greek Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsarQgAACAAJ|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2005|isbn=978-0-8028-2389-2}}
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* {{Cite book|last=Saldarini|first=Anthony|title=Matthew's Christian-Jewish Community|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btSZh4_vzqoC|isbn=978-0-226-73421-7}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Scholtz
|first=Donald
|title=Jesus in the Gospels and Acts: Introducing the New Testament
|publisher=Saint Mary's Press
|year=2009
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=royKA4FeMB4C&pg=PA34
|isbn=978-0-88489-955-6
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Senior
|first=Donald
|chapter=Directions in Matthean Studies
|editor1-last=Aune
|editor1-first=David E.
|title=The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G. Thompson, S.J
|year=2001
|publisher=Eerdmans
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8lZ7BXzt0sC
|isbn=0-8028-4673-4
}}
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|last=Senior
|first=Donald
|title=What are they saying about Matthew?
|publisher=PaulistPress
|year=1996
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* {{Cite book
|last=Stanton
|first=Graham
|title=A gospel for a new people: studies in Matthew
|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press
|year=1993
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GytxXOIsF-0C
|isbn=978-0-664-25499-5
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Storkey
|first=Elaine
|title=Meeting God in Matthew
|publisher=SPCK
|year=2022
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aTNwQEACAAJ
|isbn=978-0281081950
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Strecker
|first=Georg
|title=Theology of the New Testament
|publisher=Walter de Gruyter
|year=2000
|orig-year=1996
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|last=Tuckett
|first=Christopher Mark
|title=Christology and the New Testament: Jesus and His Earliest Followers
|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press
|year=2001
|isbn=9780664224318
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J5Zr0_CsEcwC&pg=PA119
}}
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* {{Cite book|last=Van de Sandt|first=H.W.M.|chapter=''Introduction''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTE0FQtrphwC|title=Matthew and the Didache: Two Documents from the Same Jewish-Christian Milieu ?|isbn=90-232-4077-4|year=2005}}, in {{Cite book|editor-last=Van de Sandt|editor-first=H.W.M.|title=Matthew and the Didache|publisher=Royal Van Gorcum&Fortress Press|year=2005|isbn=978-90-232-4077-8}}
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}}
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== External links ==
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1&version=NIV Biblegateway.com (opens at Matt.1:1, NIV)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050413192315/http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/TC-Matthew.pdf A textual commentary on the Gospel of Matthew] – detailed text-critical discussion of the 300 most important variants of the Greek text (PDF, 438 pages)
* [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/matthew.html Early Christian Writings] ''Gospel of Matthew:'' introductions and e-texts.
* {{librivox book | dtitle=Bible: Matthew| stitle=NT 01 Matthew}} Various versions

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