The Gospel of Matthew

These were the religious leaders of the Jewish people at that time. We know that Jesus condemned them again and again and that they were very self-righteous. They would add all kinds of "do's and don'ts" to God's Law, which Jesus never gave, God never gave these extra requirements in the Old…

"Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. [Apparently, they were saying, "Oh, look at this and look at that." But, of course, Jesus knew all about it. You know how people are. They sometimes point out the obvious.] And…

"And Jesus answered and said to them: 'Take heed that no one deceives you.' [That is the first thing to watch out for. He warned about a whole wave of false prophets.] 'For many [Not a few, but apparently the majority] will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ," and will deceive many.'"

"Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish."... The five wise virgins had oil in their lamps. The oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

"The Passover," you might ask, "What is that?" A lot of you have heard about the Jewish Passover. But, Christ was keeping the Passover—and He was keeping it at the very end of His life. After His death and resurrection, His disciples kept right on keeping the Passover—as you will read in Acts 12:1-…

The chief priest had put Him to death in their minds—in their plans—but they had to bring Him to Pontius Pilate to carry out the sentence. The religious authorities were not allowed to execute the death penalty, so they brought Him before the Roman governor. God here caused the Jews to be involved…