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The Gospel According to Matthew

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I.  The King's antecedents and status—1:1-2:23A.  His genealogy and office—called Christ—1:1-17B.  His origin and name—born a God-man, named Jesus, called Emmanuel by men—1:18-25C.  His youth and growth—called a Nazarene—2:1-23
1.  Sought and worshipped by the Gentile magi—vv. 1-12
2.  Envied by Herod the king—vv. 7-8
3.  Fleeing to Egypt—vv. 13-15
4.  Sought by Herod the king for destruction—vv. 16-18
5.  Returning to dwell in Nazareth—vv. 19-23
II.  The King's anointing—3:1-4:11A.  Recommended—3:1-12B.  Anointed—3:13-17C.  Tested—4:1-11III.  The King's ministry—4:12-11:30A.  The beginning of the ministry—4:12-25B.  The decree of the kingdom's constitution—5:1-7:29
1.  Concerning the nature of the kingdom people—5:1-12
2.  Concerning the influence of the kingdom people—5:13-16
3.  Concerning the law of the kingdom people—5:17-48
4.  Concerning the righteous deeds of the kingdom people—6:1-18
5.  Concerning the material riches of the kingdom people—6:19-34
6.  Concerning the principles of the kingdom people in dealing with others—7:1-12
7.  Concerning the ground of the kingdom people's living and work—7:13-29
C.  The continuation of the ministry—8:1-9:34
1.  Signs with dispensational significance—8:1-17
2.  The way to follow the King—8:18-22
3.  The authority of the King—8:23-9:8
a.  Over the winds and the sea—8:23-27b.  Over the demons—8:28-34c.  To forgive sins—9:1-8
4.  Rejoicing with the sinners—9:9-13
5.  Being incompatible with religion—9:14-17
6.  Signs with dispensational significance repeated—9:18-34
D.  The enlargement of the ministry—9:35-11:1
1.  The need of shepherding and reaping—9:35-38
2.  The selection and sending out of the workers—10:1-5a
3.  The way to spread the gospel of the kingdom to the house of Israel—10:5b-15
4.  Persecution and the way to meet it—10:16-33
5.  The disturbance brought in by the King and the way of the cross to follow Him—10:34-39
6.  The King's identification with the sent ones—10:40-11:1
E.  The King's poise and attitude toward every situation—11:2-30
1.  Strengthening His imprisoned forerunner—vv. 2-6
2.  Appraising His forerunner—vv. 7-15
3.  Lamenting and reproaching the stubborn and unrepentant generation—vv. 16-24
4.  Acknowledging the Father's will with extolment—vv. 25-27
5.  Calling the burdened to rest and the way to rest—vv. 28-30
IV.  The King's being rejected—12:1-27:66A.  The establishment of rejection—12:1-50
1.  The cause of rejection—vv. 1-14
2.  Rejection causing the King's turn to the Gentiles—vv. 15-21
3.  The climax of rejection—vv. 22-37
4.  The sign to the rejecting generation—vv. 38-42
5.  The rejecting generation becoming worse—vv. 43-45
6.  Rejection resulting in the King's forsaking—vv. 46-50
B.  The unveiling of the kingdom's mysteries—13:1-52
1.  The preliminary work of the kingdom—vv. 1-23
2.  The establishment of the kingdom and its false constituents—vv. 24-30
3.  The abnormal development of the outward appearance of the kingdom—vv. 31-32
4.  The inward corruption of the outward appearance of the kingdom—vv. 33-35
5.  The establishment of the kingdom and its false constituents (continued)—vv. 36-43
6.  The kingdom hidden in the God-created earth—v. 44
7.  The church produced out of the Satan-corrupted world—vv. 45-46
8.  The eternal gospel and its result—vv. 47-50
9.  The treasure of things new and old—vv. 51-52
C.  The increase of rejection—13:53-16:12
1.  Rejection by His countrymen—13:53-58
2.  Rejection by the heathen tetrarch—14:1-13
3.  The miracle of feeding five thousand—14:14-21
4.  The miracle of walking on the sea—14:22-33
5.  Healing by the fringe of the King's garment—14:34-36
6.  The accusation by the traditional religionists—15:1-20
7.  The faith of a Gentile woman—15:21-28
8.  Healing for the glorification of God—15:29-31
9.  The miracle of feeding four thousand—15:32-39
10.  Temptation by the fundamentalists and the modernists—16:1-12
D.  The path of rejection—16:13-23:39
1.  Before going to Judea—16:13-18:35
a.  The revelation of Christ and the church—16:13-20b.  The first unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—16:21-27c.  Transfiguration in the miniature of the kingdom—16:28-17:13d.  The casting out of an epileptic demon—17:14-21e.  The second unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—17:22-23f.  The application of the revelation and vision of Christ's sonship—17:24-27g.  Relationships in the kingdom—18:1-35
2.  After arriving in Judea—19:1-20:16
a.  Healing the following crowd—19:2b.  Further temptation by the fundamentalists—19:3-12c.  Laying hands on the children—19:13-15d.  The way for a rich man to enter into the kingdom—19:16-26e.  The reward of the kingdom—19:27-20:16
3.  On the way to Jerusalem—20:17-21:11
a.  The third unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—20:17-19b.  The throne of the kingdom and the cup of the cross—20:20-28c.  The healing of the two blind men—20:29-34d.  A warm welcome to the meek King—21:1-11
4.  In Jerusalem—21:12-23:39
a.  Cleansing the temple—21:12-16b.  Lodging in Bethany—21:17c.  Cursing the nation of Israel—21:18-22d.  Tested—21:23-22:46(1)  By the chief priests and elders concerning His authority—21:23-22:14(a)  The shifting of the birthright—21:28-32(b)  The transfer of the kingdom of God—21:33-46(c)  The kingdom's wedding feast—22:1-14(2)  By the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians concerning giving tribute to Caesar—22:15-22(3)  By the Sadducees concerning resurrection—22:23-33(4)  By a lawyer concerning the great commandment in the law—22:34-40(5)  Muzzling all the testers by the question concerning Christ—22:41-46e.  Rebuking the religionists—23:1-36(1)  Their hypocrisy—vv. 1-12(2)  Their eightfold woe—vv. 13-36f.  Forsaking Jerusalem with its temple—23:37-39E.  The prophecy of the kingdom—24:1-25:46
1.  Concerning Israel—24:1-31
a.  From Christ's ascension to the consummation of the age—vv. 1-14b.  At the consummation of the age—vv. 15-31(1)  The transpiring of the great tribulation—vv. 15-26(2)  Christ's coming to the earth—vv. 27-30(3)  The gathering of Israel—v. 31
2.  Concerning the church—24:32-25:30
a.  Watching and being ready—24:32-44b.  Being faithful and prudent—24:45-51c.  A parable for watchfulness—25:1-13d.  A parable for faithfulness—25:14-30
3.  Concerning the nations—25:31-46
a.  Christ coming to be enthroned in glory—v. 31b.  Gathering all the nations for the exercising of judgment—vv. 32-46F.  The completion of rejection—26:1-27:66
1.  The fourth unveiling of the crucifixion—26:1-2
2.  Plotted against by religion—26:3-5
3.  Loved by the beloved disciples—26:6-13
4.  Betrayed by the false disciple—26:14-16
5.  Keeping the last passover—26:17-25
6.  Establishing the King's feast—26:26-30
7.  Warning the disciples—26:31-35
8.  Pressed in Gethsemane—26:36-46
9.  Arrested by religion—26:47-56
10.  Judged by the Sanhedrin—26:57-68
11.  Denied by Peter—26:69-75
12.  Judged by Pilate—27:1-26
13.  Mocked by the heathen soldiers—27:27-32
14.  Crucified—27:33-56
a.  Killed and mocked by men—vv. 33-44b.  Judged and forsaken by God—vv. 45-50c.  The effect of His crucifixion—vv. 51-56
15.  Buried by a rich man—27:57-66
V.  The King's victory—28:1-20A.  Resurrected—vv. 1-15B.  Reigning—vv. 16-20Outline of Matthew
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