Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising. This promise is made to Peter directly after he has confessed Jesus to be the Messiah, the Son of the living God (Mt 16:16), a confession that he has made as the result of revelation given to him by the heavenly Father (Mt 16:17); Matthews ecclesiology is based on his high christology. google_ad_width = 160; The discourses are, respectively, the Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:37:27), the missionary discourse (Mt 10:542), the parable discourse (Mt 13:352), the church order discourse (Mt 18:335), and the eschatological discourse (Mt 24:425:46). . The righteousness of his disciples must surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees; otherwise, in spite of their alleged following of Jesus, they will not enter into the kingdom of heaven (Mt 5:20). CHAPTER 25. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. 1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns. 11 They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. Mat Mt) Bible . Matthew also draws upon the Old Testament story of Balaam, who had prophesied that "A star shall advance from Jacob" ( Nm 24:17 ), though there the star means not an astral phenomenon but the king himself. 12 But they were given a warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way. The discourse following this narrative (Mt 18:135) is often called the church order discourse, although that title is perhaps misleading since the emphasis is not on the structure of the church but on the care that the disciples must have for one another in respect to guarding each others faith in Jesus (Mt 18:67), to seeking out those who have wandered from the fold (Mt 18:1014), and to repeated forgiving of their fellow disciples who have offended them (Mt 18:2135). Mark and Q are sources common to the two other synoptic gospels; hence the name the Two-Source Theory given to this explanation of the relation among the synoptics. But he answering, said: Thou sayest it. The Book of Matthew, Chapter 2We hope that you find the content of the Book of Matthew, Chapter 2 from the Douay Rheims Version of the Catholic Bible helpful to your Bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. And when he was seated his disciples came to him. Copyright 2022 Catholic Online. The offerings of the wise men: the flight into Egypt: the massacre of the Innocents. 15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob; 16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ. Their mission is limited to Israel (Mt 10:56) as Jesus own was (Mt 15:24), yet in Mt 15:16 that perspective broadens and the discourse begins to speak of the mission that the disciples will have after the resurrection and of the severe persecution that will attend it (Mt 10:18). In Mt 13:36 he dismisses the crowds and continues the discourse to his disciples alone, who claim, at the end, to have understood all that he has said (Mt 13:51). Check out this week's rundown of top news stories matched to passages in the Bible. Psalm 45:11 And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore. 2023 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, For those who sought the childs life are dead, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Daily Readings with Questions for Reflection, RCIA - Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. 2 saying: "Where is he who was born king of the Jews? The future rock upon whom the church will be built is still a man of little faith (see Mt 14:31). The church of Jesus will be built on Peter (Mt 16:18), who will be given authority to bind and loose on earth, an authority whose exercise will be confirmed in heaven (Mt 16:19). Matthew 22:41-23:39. Today, we humbly ask you to defend Catholic Online's independence. You shall be flung down to hell. * [ 2:2 ] We saw his star : it was a common ancient belief that a new star appeared at the time of a ruler's birth. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. We saw his star rising and have come to wo . We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. Galilee is the setting for most of his ministry; he leaves there for Judea only in Mt 19:1, and his ministry in Jerusalem, the goal of his journey, is limited to a few days (Mt 21:125:46). Matthew 2:2 German Bible Alphabetical: and asked been born come east For has have He him his in is Jews king of one saw star the to We Where who worship NT Gospels: Matthew 2:2 Where is he who is born King (Matt. Catholic Bible Study. Mt 1:23). Some such Old Testament texts are Is 11:1 where the Davidic king of the future is called a bud (nser) that shall blossom from the roots of Jesse, and Jgs 13:5, 7 where Samson, the future deliverer of Israel from the Philistines, is called one who shall be consecrated (a nzr) to God. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth. 6.12 . (X) So was fulfilled(Y) what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.(Z). the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'. Matthew 2 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The Visit of the Wise Men 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? Free .