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Matthew’s Gospel has been cherished as “the ecclesiastical Gospel” and as “the teaching Gospel.” The only use of the word church in the four Gospels, for example, is found in Matthew, and the rhythm of the Lord’s Prayer and the organization of Jesus’ words in discourses evokes liturgical imagery. Matthew’s Gospel certainly is a treasure of the words of Jesus which are marked by stunning...

only one of the Gospels to use the word) and the ecclesiastical concerns of chap. 18; the liturgical ring to Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer (6:9–13) and to the cry of the disciples in the boat (8:25); the detailed regulations regarding such matters as oaths and fasting, marriage and divorce and what appears to be a generally “conservative” attitude toward matters of law, including the Sabbath (24:20); the stress on the fulfillment of prophecy (cf. 1:22); the organization of the words of Jesus
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