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    MATTHEW

    OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

    • 1

      • Genealogy of Jesus Christ (1-17)

      • Birth of Jesus (18-25)

    • 2

      • Astrologers’ visit (1-12)

      • Flight to Egypt (13-15)

      • Herod kills young boys (16-18)

      • Return to Nazareth (19-23)

    • 3

      • John the Baptist preaches (1-12)

      • Baptism of Jesus (13-17)

    • 4

      • The Devil tempts Jesus (1-11)

      • Jesus begins preaching in Galilee (12-17)

      • First disciples called (18-22)

      • Jesus preaches, teaches, and heals (23-25)

    • 5

      • SERMON ON THE MOUNT (1-48)

        • Jesus begins teaching on the mountain (1, 2)

        • Nine happinesses (3-12)

        • Salt and light (13-16)

        • Jesus to fulfill the Law (17-20)

        • Counsel on anger (21-26), adultery (27-30), divorce (31, 32), oaths (33-37), retaliation (38-42), love for enemies (43-48)

    • 6

      • SERMON ON THE MOUNT (1-34)

        • Shun show of righteousness (1-4)

        • How to pray (5-15)

          • Model prayer (9-13)

        • Fasting (16-18)

        • Treasures on earth and in heaven (19-24)

        • Stop being anxious (25-34)

          • Keep seeking Kingdom first (33)

    • 7

      • SERMON ON THE MOUNT (1-27)

        • Stop judging (1-6)

        • Keep asking, seeking, knocking (7-11)

        • Golden Rule (12)

        • Narrow gate (13, 14)

        • Known by their fruits (15-23)

        • House on rock, house on sand (24-27)

      • Crowds astounded at Jesus’ teaching (28, 29)

    • 8

      • A leper healed (1-4)

      • Faith of an army officer (5-13)

      • Jesus heals many at Capernaum (14-17)

      • How to follow Jesus (18-22)

      • Jesus calms a storm (23-27)

      • Jesus sends demons into swine (28-34)

    • 9

      • Jesus heals a paralytic (1-8)

      • Jesus calls Matthew (9-13)

      • Question about fasting (14-17)

      • Jairus’ daughter; a woman touches Jesus’ outer garments (18-26)

      • Jesus heals the blind and the speechless (27-34)

      • Harvest great but workers few (35-38)

    • 10

      • The 12 apostles (1-4)

      • Instructions for the ministry (5-15)

      • Disciples will be persecuted (16-25)

      • Fear God, not men (26-31)

      • Not peace, but a sword (32-39)

      • Receiving Jesus’ disciples (40-42)

    • 11

      • John the Baptist praised (1-15)

      • Unresponsive generation condemned (16-24)

      • Jesus praises his Father for favoring the humble (25-27)

      • Jesus’ yoke refreshing (28-30)

    • 12

      • Jesus, “Lord of the Sabbath” (1-8)

      • Man with a withered hand healed (9-14)

      • God’s beloved servant (15-21)

      • Demons expelled by holy spirit (22-30)

      • Unforgivable sin (31, 32)

      • Tree known by its fruit (33-37)

      • Sign of Jonah (38-42)

      • When unclean spirit returns (43-45)

      • Jesus’ mother and brothers (46-50)

    • 13

      • KINGDOM ILLUSTRATIONS (1-52)

        • The sower (1-9)

        • Why Jesus used illustrations (10-17)

        • Illustration of the sower explained (18-23)

        • The wheat and the weeds (24-30)

        • The mustard grain and the leaven (31-33)

        • Use of illustrations fulfills prophecy (34, 35)

        • Illustration of the wheat and the weeds explained (36-43)

        • Hidden treasure and the fine pearl (44-46)

        • The dragnet (47-50)

        • Treasures new and old (51, 52)

      • Jesus rejected in home territory (53-58)

    • 14

      • John the Baptist beheaded (1-12)

      • Jesus feeds 5,000 (13-21)

      • Jesus walks on water (22-33)

      • Healings in Gennesaret (34-36)

    • 15

      • Human traditions exposed (1-9)

      • Defilement comes from the heart (10-20)

      • Phoenician woman’s great faith (21-28)

      • Jesus heals many ailments (29-31)

      • Jesus feeds 4,000 (32-39)

    • 16

      • Request for a sign (1-4)

      • Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees (5-12)

      • The keys of the Kingdom (13-20)

        • Congregation built on a rock (18)

      • Jesus’ death foretold (21-23)

      • True discipleship (24-28)

    • 17

      • Jesus’ transfiguration (1-13)

      • Faith like a mustard grain (14-21)

      • Jesus’ death again foretold (22, 23)

      • Tax paid with coin from fish’s mouth (24-27)

    • 18

      • The greatest in the Kingdom (1-6)

      • Stumbling blocks (7-11)

      • Illustration of the lost sheep (12-14)

      • How to gain a brother (15-20)

      • Illustration of the unforgiving slave (21-35)

    • 19

      • Marriage and divorce (1-9)

      • Gift of singleness (10-12)

      • Jesus blesses the children (13-15)

      • A rich young man’s question (16-24)

      • Sacrifices for the Kingdom (25-30)

    • 20

      • Vineyard workers and equal payment (1-16)

      • Jesus’ death again foretold (17-19)

      • Request for positions in Kingdom (20-28)

        • Jesus a ransom for many (28)

      • Two blind men healed (29-34)

    • 21

      • Jesus’ triumphal entry (1-11)

      • Jesus cleanses the temple (12-17)

      • Fig tree cursed (18-22)

      • Jesus’ authority challenged (23-27)

      • Illustration of the two sons (28-32)

      • Illustration of murderous cultivators (33-46)

        • Chief cornerstone rejected (42)

    • 22

      • Illustration of the marriage feast (1-14)

      • God and Caesar (15-22)

      • Question about resurrection (23-33)

      • Two greatest commandments (34-40)

      • Is the Christ the son of David? (41-46)

    • 23

      • Do not imitate scribes and Pharisees (1-12)

      • Woes to scribes and Pharisees (13-36)

      • Jesus laments over Jerusalem (37-39)

    • 24

      • SIGN OF CHRIST’S PRESENCE (1-51)

        • Wars, food shortages, earthquakes (7)

        • Good news to be preached (14)

        • Great tribulation (21, 22)

        • Sign of the Son of man (30)

        • The fig tree (32-34)

        • Like Noah’s day (37-39)

        • Keep on the watch (42-44)

        • The faithful slave and an evil slave (45-51)

    • 25

      • SIGN OF CHRIST’S PRESENCE (1-46)

        • Illustration of the ten virgins (1-13)

        • Illustration of the talents (14-30)

        • The sheep and the goats (31-46)

    • 26

      • Priests plot to kill Jesus (1-5)

      • Perfumed oil poured on Jesus (6-13)

      • The last Passover and betrayal (14-25)

      • Institution of the Lord’s Evening Meal (26-30)

      • Peter’s denial foretold (31-35)

      • Jesus prays in Gethsemane (36-46)

      • Jesus arrested (47-56)

      • Trial before the Sanhedrin (57-68)

      • Peter denies Jesus (69-75)

    • 27

      • Jesus handed over to Pilate (1, 2)

      • Judas hangs himself (3-10)

      • Jesus before Pilate (11-26)

      • Publicly mocked (27-31)

      • Nailed to a stake at Golgotha (32-44)

      • Death of Jesus (45-56)

      • Burial of Jesus (57-61)

      • Tomb securely guarded (62-66)

    • 28

      • Jesus is resurrected (1-10)

      • Soldiers bribed to lie (11-15)

      • Commission to make disciples (16-20)