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Examining the topological structure of Matthew, A. J. Maas provides careful exposition and discourse of Gospel of Matthew in relationship to the other Synoptic Gospels. Drawing resolutely on the writings of the Early Church Fathers, A. J. Maas establishes the importance of the Gospel of Matthew.

1. Judge not.]3. Relation to our neighbor in the kingdom. Here we have, first, a warning against rash judgments [vv. 1–5]; secondly, a recommendation of prudence [v. 6]; thirdly, an instruction as to how we may obtain the necessary help [vv. 7–11]; finally, we are advised to do to our neighbor as God does to us [v. 12]. Commentators differ greatly concerning the connection of this section with the preceding. Some are inclined to regard the whole sermon as a mere collection of moral principles, something
Matthew 7:1–12