Matthew

New Testament · 28 chapters · 1,071 verses

Read Matthew in the King James Version, with a plain-language reading beneath every verse. Here are a few to start with.

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From Matthew

Matthew 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

This is the story of Jesus Christ, a descendant of both King David and Abraham, tracing his divine lineage.

Matthew 12:13

Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

Then He gently told the man, "Reach out your hand." As the man extended his hand, it was miraculously healed, just as healthy as the other.

Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Listen to this story: A homeowner once planted a vineyard. He surrounded it with a fence, dug a winepress, built a tower, and rented it out to farmers. Then, he traveled to a distant land.

Matthew 24:7

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Countries will clash, kingdoms will feud, and amidst this chaos, there will be widespread hunger, disease, and natural disasters in various parts of the world.

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