line running through Matthew’s Gospel in Jesus’s ministry,44 a line focused on those on the margins and on shaping an inclusive community that welcomes them.45 Another matriarch who features in Matthew’s story is Rachel, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin (Gen. 29–35; Matt. 2:17–18). This reference forms part of the five Old Testament quotations throughout Matthew’s birth narrative, tying the story of Jesus to the story of Israel. This particular quotation goes back to the exile and
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