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In this brief and yet insightful blueprint for reading and appreciating the Gospel of Matthew, noted biblical scholar Wilfrid J. Harrington emphasizes two main points. He first provides a road map through the Gospel by describing its structure. Second, he explains Matthew’s focus on Jesus teaching as the Messiah, teaching that appears gathered in five major discourses throughout the Gospel....

I will restore health to you and your wounds I will heal, says the Lord. (30:17) Incurable hurt; no healing available—I will restore health, I will heal! God can do; God will do, what is humanly impossible. He acts in virtue of his infinite love. The remarkable fluctuation we have observed in the prophets can be documented over and over. It is not a rarity; it is the norm. And the flow is always in the same direction: threat is followed by words of hope and salvation. The pattern surely means that
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