Sermons on Matthew
Epiphany Sunday
Matthew 2:1-12 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened,…
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 25:1-13 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten brides-maids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their…
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 25:14-30 The Holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went…
Christ the King Sunday
Matthew 25:31-46 The holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said to the disciples:] “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
SCRIPTUREMatthew 14:22-33 (NRSVUE) The Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.[Jesus] made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side [of the Sea of Galilee], while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the…
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he…
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:] “To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor…
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 10:24-39 “A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master;it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! Whom to Fear “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered and…
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 9:35-10:8, [10:9-23] The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness.When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Then he said to…
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Mathew 9:9-13, 18-26 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your…