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This engaging commentary, like each in the series, relates Scripture to life, is faithfully Catholic, and is supplemented by features designed to help readers understand the Bible more deeply and use it more effectively in teaching, preaching, evangelization, and other forms of ministry. The Gospel of Matthew is an ideal resource for those preaching or teaching on the Sunday Gospel readings from...

that time on, Jesus began,” which appears in 4:17 and 16:21 and which serves to introduce new phases of the story. The claim is that Matthew, in marking off his text in this way, draws our attention first to the person of Jesus (1:1–4:16), then to the proclamation of Jesus (4:17–16:20), and finally to the passion and resurrection of Jesus (16:21–28:20).13 The simplicity of this scheme is attractive, and it does take note of important transitions in the storyline. Nevertheless, many scholars object
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