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Our text comes at the end of Matthew 10, the second major section of Jesus’ teaching after the Sermon on the Mount. The chapters in between (8-9) narrate various episodes in Jesus’ ministry of teaching, healing, casting out demons, and raising the dead. At the end of chapter 9, Jesus looks at the crowds and … Continue reading “Matthew 10:40-42 Commentary by Elisabeth Johnson”

Jesus’ discourse on the disciples’ mission to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel” (10:6) alternates between images of warning and promise. The disciples are granted remarkable powers, even to raise the dead (10:1, 8), but are warned repeatedly of the suffering and threats they will face (e.g., 10:16-18, 21-23, 34-36). Their closest and … Continue reading “Matthew 10:40-42 Commentary by Stanley Saunders”

Este texto representa lo que el erudito bíblico F. F. Bruce llamó “los dichos fuertes de Jesús.” El tema fundamental del pasaje es el discipulado. Dirige la atención hacia la calidad, la tarea, los conflictos y el costo del discipulado. Hoy día casi no se habla desde los púlpitos y en las reuniones de la … Continue reading “San Mateo 10:24-39 Comentario por Samuel Cruz”

Clarence Jordan is one of my all-time favorite Christians. He was an agriculture major at the University of Georgia and a Master of Divinity graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also earned a PhD in New Testament. Jordan founded the racially integrated Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia in 1942. Just to be … Continue reading “Matthew 10:24-39 Commentary by Greg Carey”

Fear. Is there any more pervasive or powerful motivating force in human experience? From the moment we are born, we learn to fear the world around us, certainly to fear the stranger, sometimes to fear even those who are closest to us. Political leaders have long recognized the power of fear in ensuring our conformity … Continue reading “Matthew 10:24-39 Commentary by Stanley Saunders”

Healing and liberation certify the presence of the realm of heaven. Both Jesus’ own mission and that of the Twelve bring not only proclamation but also healing. Jesus sends forth the Twelve to perform his own works, the very works that have defined his ministry from the beginning (4:23-25). Jesus commissions his disciples to perform … Continue reading “Matthew 9:35-10:8 [9-23] Commentary by Greg Carey”

The Lectionary combines the First Gospel’s account of Matthew’s call with the twin restorations of the woman with the flow of blood and the ruler’s daughter. Sandwiched between the Lectionary excerpts Jesus insists that old garments and old wineskins cannot withstand new cloth and new wineskins. Both passages provide grist for reflection upon the nature … Continue reading “Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Commentary by Greg Carey”

Max De Pree, the well-known businessman and leadership author, is fond of saying that beliefs shape practices. If you want to know what you truly believe, you only need to examine your behaviors. What De Pree is getting at is that we all have a set of assumed beliefs, what we think we believe. And … Continue reading “Matthew 7:21-29 Commentary by Richard Beaton”

Jesús reconoce el problema de las posesiones de su audiencia del primer siglo. Él desafía a la gente a tomar una posición sobre la riqueza, una amenaza potencial a Dios (6:24). En este sentido, que opera en el espíritu del profeta Amós. El poder de este dios alternativo es hoy tan real como lo fue … Continue reading “San Mateo 6:24-34 Comentario por Emerson Powery”

Society has changed a great deal since the time of Jesus. Definitions of poverty, wealth, and the good life are much different today than they were then. For example, we are constantly being bombarded with images and messages from advertisers, media, and sometimes even friends and family, that encourage us to consume. Further, such messages … Continue reading “Matthew 6:24-34 Commentary by Richard Beaton”