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Matthew 22c
As I stated last week, chapters 21 and 22 are structured around a revolving cast of authorities who ask various questions that are meant...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Dec 156 min read
Matthew 22b
22: 15-17. Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Dec 88 min read
Matthew 22a
22: 1-6. Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Dec 18 min read
Matthew 21d
Matthew 21 is an important chapter, so I want to review what was said and done there. Jesus has arrived in Jerusalem and has begun his...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Nov 248 min read
Matthew 21c
21: 23-27. When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Nov 178 min read
Matthew 21b
We must be careful; I must be careful not to split this lesson up from the last lesson. This chapter is a seamless story, yet time...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Nov 109 min read
Matthew 21a
Jesus declared in Chapter 16 that it was a divine necessity that he go to Jerusalem; the word is ‘must go’ and it is an expression of the...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Nov 39 min read
Matthew 20b
As I said before, be suspicious of any breaks that appear in your English text of the Bible. In neither Hebrew nor Greek were there...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Oct 278 min read
Matthew 20a
As is often the case, the break for a new chapter here is not helpful because we lose some of the continuity of Jesus’ thought. It’s like...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Oct 208 min read
Matthew 19b
The scene changes quickly. Children were being brought to him, but now “ someone” shows up with a burning question. Matthew gives us no...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Oct 137 min read
Matthew 19a
Jesus and the disciples have gathered at base camp Capernaum to prepare for a journey to Jerusalem. Apparently, they are now ready and so...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Oct 68 min read
Matthew 18b
Where are we in the story? This whole chapter is a rather extended discourse about leaders and members of the Community of the King, aka...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Sep 297 min read
Matthew 18a
After the glory of the Transfiguration when Jesus was honored by Moses and Elijah and confirmed by God as his Son, Jesus and the...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Sep 226 min read
Matthew 17b
The Transfiguration is a high point in the story, both for Jesus and for the disciples. From here, Jesus takes a different direction. As...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Sep 157 min read
Matthew 17a
What came before? Jesus and the disciples journeyed north of Galilee into the district of Caesarea Philippi, which was a Roman-governed...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Sep 87 min read
Matthew 16b
16: 13-17. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Sep 17 min read
Matthew 15a
Consider this: In Chapter 14, Jesus fed the 5000, walked on water, and healed the sick at Gennesaret. In Chapter 15, Jesus healed the...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Aug 257 min read
Matthew 15b
Throughout the last couple of chapters, the crowds have chased Jesus, the Pharisees have cross-examined him, and Jesus has kept moving...
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Michael Rynkiewich
Aug 188 min read
Matthew 15a
The previous chapter, 14, began with Herod the ruler hearing about Jesus and wondering if he was the reincarnation of John the Baptist....
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Michael Rynkiewich
Aug 116 min read
Matthew 14b
The Gospel according to Matthew 1-2. The ancestry and birth of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. 3-4. Jesus’...
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