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The Gospel of Matthew: The King and His Kingdom, (Matthew 1–17), Volume 1: An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Gospel of Matthew, said James Montgomery Boice, is “the first of the Gospels, the longest, the most Jewish, the most evangelistic, and, in many was, the most compelling.” This two-volume expositional and inspirational commentary on the Book of Matthew integrates rigorous scholarship and clear communication. It will inform and help a wide range of readers—from serious Bible students to...

to fall down (Mark 3:25), of throwing children’s bread to dogs (Mark 7:27). He warned against the “yeast” of the Pharisees (Mark 8:15). Strictly speaking, however, these imaginative pictures are not stories. The stories Jesus told all fall into a particular category of story known as parables. A parable is a story from real life or a real-life situation from which a moral or spiritual truth is drawn. Examples are abundant: the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32), the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37), the
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