The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (8 page)

OUTLINE OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW

1. Prologue Narrative: The Ancestry and Infancy of Jesus (1:1-2:23)

     A. Genealogy of Jesus (
1:1-17
)

     B. Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (
1:18-25
)

     C. Visit of the Wise Men (
2:1-12
)

     D. Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt (
2:13-15
)

     E. Slaughter of the Holy Innocents (
2:16-18
)

     F. Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth (
2:19-23
)

2. Book One: John the Baptist and the Early Ministry of Jesus (
3:1-7:29
)

     A. 
Narrative:
Ministry of John and Jesus (
chaps. 3-4
)

     B. 
Discourse:
Sermon on the Mount (
chaps. 5-7
)

3. Book Two: Jesus' Miracles and the Commission of the Twelve (
8:1-10:42
)

     A. 
Narrative:
Miracle Stories of Jesus (
chaps. 8-9
)

     B. 
Discourse:
Missionary Sermon for the Apostles (
chap. 10
)

4. Book Three: Growing Controversy and the New Kingdom (
11:1-13:58
)

     A. 
Narrative:
Jesus Confronts an Evil Generation (
chaps. 11-12
)

     B. 
Discourse:
Parables of the Kingdom (
chap. 13
)

5. Book Four: Jesus Instructs Peter and the Twelve (
14:1-18:35
)

     A. 
Narrative:
Various Travels and Miracles of Jesus (
chaps. 14-17
)

     B. 
Discourse:
Sermon on Life in the Church (
chap. 18
)

6. Book Five: Jesus Travels to Judea and Enters Jerusalem (
19:1-25:46
)

     A. 
Narrative:
Events in Judea and Jesus' Teaching in the Temple (
chaps. 19-23
)

     B. 
Discourse:
The Olivet Discourse—Judgment on Jerusalem (
chaps. 24-25
)

7. Passion Week Narratives: The Suffering and Resurrection of Jesus (
26:1-28:20
)

     A. Anointing at Bethany (
26:1-16
)

     B. The Last Supper (
26:17-29
)

     C. Betrayal and Trials of Jesus (
26:30-27:26
)

     D. Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus (
27:27-66
)

     E. Resurrection of Jesus (
28:1-15
)

     F. The Great Commission (
28:16-20
)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

Chapters

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

Essays and Charts

Is Matthew's Infancy Narrative Historical?

Jesus and the Old Testament

Jesus on Marriage and Divorce

End of the World?

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1
 
The
book of the genealogy
of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 
*

2
 
Abraham was the father
of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
³
and Judah the father of Per'ez and Ze'rah by
Ta'mar
, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
 
^a
4
and Ram
 
^a
the father of Ammin'adab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
⁵
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Ra'hab, and Boaz the father of O'bed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
⁶
and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uri'ah,
⁷
and Solomon the father of Rehobo'am, and Rehoboam the father of Abi'jah, and Abijah the father of Asa,
 
^b
8
and Asa
 
^b
the father of Jehosh'aphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Jo'ram, and Joram the father of Uzzi'ah,
⁹
and Uzzi'ah the father of Jo'tham, and Jotham the father of A'haz, and Ahaz the father of Hezeki'ah,
¹⁰
and Hezeki'ah the father of Manas'seh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,
 
^c
and Amos
 
^c
the father of Josi'ah,
¹¹
and Josi'ah the father of Jechoni'ah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12
 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoni'ah was the father of She-al'ti-el,
 
^d
and She-alti-el
 
^d
the father of Zerub'babel,
¹³
and Zerub'babel the father of Abi'ud, and Abiud the father of Eli'akim, and Eliakim the father of A'zor,
¹⁴
and A'zor the father of Za'dok, and Zadok the father of A'chim, and Achim the father of Eli'ud,
¹⁵
and Eli'ud the father of Elea'zar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
¹⁶
and Jacob the father of Joseph
the husband
of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
 
*

17
 So all the generations from Abraham to David were
fourteen generations
, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

18
 Now the birth of Jesus Christ
 
^f
took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been
betrothed to Joseph
, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit;
¹⁹
and her husband Joseph, being a
just
man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
²⁰
But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "
Joseph
, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;
²¹
she will bear a son, and you shall call his name
Jesus
, for he will save his people from their sins."
²²
All this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

²³
"
Behold, a virgin
shall conceive and bear a son,

  
and his name shall be called Emmanuel"

(which means, God with us).
²⁴
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife,
²⁵
but knew her not
until
she had borne a son; 
*
and he called his name Jesus.

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? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him."
³
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
⁴
and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
⁵
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet:

 
⁶
 
'
And you, O Bethlehem
, in the land of Judah,

  
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

  
for from you shall come a ruler

  
who will govern my people Israel.' "

7
 Then Herod summoned the Wise Men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star appeared;
⁸
and he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him bring me word, that I too may come and worship him."
⁹
When they had heard the king they went their way; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was.
¹⁰
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy;
¹¹
and going
into the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
¹²
And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

The Escape to Egypt [
map
]

13
 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "
Rise, take the child
and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him."
¹⁴
And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt,
¹⁵
and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "
Out of Egypt
have I called my son."

16
 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the Wise Men, was in
a furious rage
, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the Wise Men.
¹⁷
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

¹⁸
"
A voice was heard
in Ra'mah,

  
wailing and loud lamentation,

  
Rachel weeping for her children;

  
she refused to be consoled,

  
because they were no more."

The Return from Egypt

19
 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
²⁰
"Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."
²¹
And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.
²²
But when he heard that
Archela'us
reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
²³
And he went and dwelt in a city called
Nazareth
, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled. "He shall be called a Nazarene."

The Preaching of John the Baptist

3
  
In those days came
John the Baptist
, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
²
"Repent, 
*
for the
kingdom of heaven
is at hand."
³
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

  
"
The voice of one crying
in the wilderness:

  
Prepare the way of the Lord,

  
make his paths straight."

⁴
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
⁵
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan,
⁶
and they were baptized by him in
the river Jordan
, confessing their sins. 
*