Matthew
9:9-26
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Comparative texts about Pharisees & Sadducees from Joephus, Tosefta, Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud. Comparative primary texts about Purity and Social Relations (see esp "Tax Collectors Visit," from Philo, Josephus, Lucian, Pseudepigrapha, Babylonian Talmud, Midrash, Philostratus. At Mahlon H. Smith's (Rutgers University) Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus.
- Chapter V of the Epistle of Barnabas. (ca. 130)
- Chapter XV, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150)
- II.XXIII, IV.XXXIII.14, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter XII, On Baptism, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter I, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- IV.6, V.1, VI.6, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter VIII, Considering Repentance, Tertullian (c. 203)
- III.15, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
- IV.27, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter XII, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XXVI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter II, Chapter IX, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- III.LXI, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- XI.7, XI.17, XII.2, XIV.15, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- Epistle LI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Epistle LXVI -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 254)
- VII.18, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St.
Chrysostom (c. 380)
- Homily XXX - Matthew 9:9
- Homily XXXI - Matthew 9:18
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- "The Gospel & Christ," Matthew 9:18-26, Martin Luther, c. 1522.
- Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, John Calvin, 1558:
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Christ calls the humble sinners unto him, but he condemns the proud hypocrites."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "The variety of methods Christ took in working his miracles, perhaps was because of the different frames and tempers of mind, which those were in who came to him, and which He who searches the heart perfectly knew."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Fermenting wine will soon burst those bottles, the leather of which is almost worn out. The word properly means vessels made of goats' skins, wherein they formerly put wine, (and do in some countries to this day) to convey it from place to place."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "'The righteous' are the whole; 'sinners,' the sick. When Christ 'called' the latter, as He did Matthew, and probably some of those publicans and sinners whom he had invited to meet Him, it was to heal them of their spiritual maladies, or save their souls: 'The righteous,' like those miserable self-satisfied Pharisees, 'He sent empty away'"
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "And, behold, a certain woman. I think the circumstances of the narrative render the inference almost certain that this account was meant for the consolation of those multitudes of stricken women in all ages who seem to be afflicted with sorrows in very unequal measure, compared with the stronger, and generally, also, the more depraved, sex.--W. H. Thomson, M.D."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
- Commentary, Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26, Greg Carey, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 4,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Even apart from playing with natural explanations, we can also recognise that already the evangelists use such stories to say something about a more lasting kind of 'magic', a more profound understanding of divine compassion which asks hard questions of our prejudices about rich and poor, male and female, and challenges our naive bondage to simplistic ideologies, religious and otherwise."
- "John the Baptist," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- "John the Baptist didn't fool around. He lived in the wilderness around the Dead Sea. He subsisted on a starvation diet, and so did his disciples. He wore clothes that even the rummage-sale people wouldn't have handled. When he preached, it was fire and brimstone every time."
- "Matthew, the Tax Collector," Pentecost 4A, Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping company with Biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them, Mary Hinkle.
-
Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "Who are the sinners (or shunned people) that Jesus has invited to the banquet? What is our role in calling them to respond to that invitation?"
- Holy
Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Matthew 9:9-26, David Ewart, 2011.
- "If you stop and really think about, the most difficult 'miracle' in today's text is not the raising of the girl from death, nor the healing of the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years. The most difficult healing was including the despised tax collector Matthew back into community. Don't believe it? Try thinking of a person your community despises and invite them to church with you. "
-
"Which Healing?" Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Paul Bellan-Boyer,
I Heard of a City Called Heaven.
- "This gospel lesson is difficult for preachers. Which healing do you pay attention to?"
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"Sacrifice and
Judgment," Paul Colbert, Proclaiming Gospel Justice: Reflections on the
Scriptures and Progressive Spirituality, The Witness,
2005.
- "I recognize that I have become the Pharisee who knows the right answers and the way things ought to be."
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Proper 5A. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "God's perfection is shown most fully not in flaws noted and shut out or scores kept and settled, but in extravagant embrace of flawed people and the end of all scorekeeping."
-
Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2005.
- "Mercy is a difficult application."
-
"Should
I Touch Him? Reflections on Mark 6:25-34; Matthew 9:20-22; Luke 7:42b-48" by
William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Australia.
- "Should I touch him? The pain of stretching. Pushing my way through. Touching. Touching just his dangling tassel. No one will know. No one needs to know. No one knows."
- Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
es detailed
textual notes.
- "There are the "righteous", those who believe they have built their house on the rock, but are actually on the sand. Then there are the "sinners, those who know they have built their house on the sand and are looking around for someone to get them on the rock. It's to the sick sandy crew that Jesus comes, the lost who want to be found."
-
"Spiritual & Physical Health and the Need for a Doctor," Dale
Fletcher, Faith and Health Connection.
- "If conditions deep down inside of us are not right, over time the mind, body and spirit can interact with one another and often cause physical health problems and conditions."
-
"Make the Stranger Welcome,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's
Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support
Materials.
- "Have you ever felt like a stranger? Has someone reached out to you, to make you feel welcome? What happened?"
- "A
Mishnaic Commentary on Matthew 9.23-24," Daniel B. Wallace,
Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary.
- "...we see how much Jairus risked when he sided with Jesus at the crucial juncture: Not only would he have to pay extra to these mourners if Jesus failed, but he would lose face before his congregation. His livelihood may well have been on the line, as well as the life of his precious daughter."
- Articles & Background:
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"Matthew the Evangelist,"
"New Wine
into Old Wineskins,"
"Synagogue Leader's Daughter," wikipedia.
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"Magic, Miracles, and The Gospel," L. Michael White. PBS From
Jesus to Christ.
- "Probably in some ways, and more than any other issue within the development of early Christianity and the gospels tradition, miracles present one of the problematic areas."
-
"Flute Players, Death, and Music in the Afterlife," John J. Pilch,
Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2007.
- "Flute music and wailing, however, were common elements of the Middle Eastern mourning ritual and not at all unique to Judaism (Bishop: 138; Meyer: 23; Stahlin: 844)."
- "Salvation: Divine Therapy," Vigen Guroian, Theology Today, 2004.
- "The Old Testament in the New: A Jewish Perspective," David Daube, in Appeasement or Resistance and Other Essays on New Testament Judaism. University of California Press, 1987. (Scroll down to "V - Glutton and Winebibber.)
-
"Jesus
and Women in Matthew," Jane Kopas,
University of Scranton. Theology Today, 1990.
- "It is not only the gentiles but mothers and daughters and other marginalized people or outsiders who get a special hearing from Jesus, Not only do they receive a special hearing, but they seem to hear and see the possibilities in his mission beyond what others see."
- "Miracles,
In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings," Jerome H. Neyrey,
University of Notre Dame, 1995.
- "...we should attend to the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)."
-
"Matthew
9:20-22: Argumentative Texture," from "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical
Interpretation in Matthew," Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, at The Encyclopedia of
Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
- "When Jesus names the woman's action faith, and the simultaneous result is the healing of the woman, the story creates a particular 'culture of belief'. Language, then, does not simply 'represent' things, it creates 'reality' for people."
- Capharnaum, featuring information and images from 19 seasons of excavations conducted by the late Fr. Virgilio C. Corbo ofm and Fr. Stanislao Loffereda ofm.
- Menstruation: Seven Lonely
Days, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in
the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker.
- "...the Bible includes issues of semen and blood among things that for the Hebrews are "unclean," not in the sense of being dirty ... but in the mysterious sense of being taboo, requiring ritual purification."
-
"Matthew the Evangelist,"
"New Wine
into Old Wineskins,"
"Synagogue Leader's Daughter," wikipedia.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bibb, Wade, "Preaching in Ordinary
Time: The Extraordinary Subject of Jesus' Realm," Review & Expositor,
2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 304.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Capps, Donald,
"Curing Anxious Adolescents through Fatherlike Performance," Interpretation, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carter, Warren,
"Jesus' 'I Have Come' Statements in Matthew's Gospel," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Daniel, Lillian, "No Sin, No Service," Journal for
Preachers, 2009. (Sermon text, Matthew 9:9-13)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fink, Peter E., "The Challenge of
God's Koinonia," Worship, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guroian, Vigen, "Salvation: Divine
Therapy," Theology Today, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hinkle, Mary, "Learning What
Righteousness Means: Hosea 6:6 and the Ethic of Mercy in Matthew's
Gospel," Word & World, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kalin, Everett R., "Matthew 9:18-26:
An Exercise in Redaction Criticism," Currents in Theology and Mission,
1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kingsbury, Jack Dean, "Observations
on the 'Miracle Chapters' of Matthew 8-9," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kopas, Jane, "Jesus and Women in
Matthew," Theology Today, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Martinez, Felipe N., "As Good As
Dead," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Spencer, F. Scott,
"'Follow Me,' The Imperious Call of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels,"
Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wieser, Thomas,
"Community - Its Unity, Diversity and Universality," Semeia,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bibb, Wade, "Preaching in Ordinary
Time: The Extraordinary Subject of Jesus' Realm," Review & Expositor,
2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 304.)
- Sermons:
- "Those of No Consequence," Pentecost +3 - 5 June 2005, Luke Bouman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Fulfilling Promises," the Rev. James F. Bracher, Day 1, 2005.
- "Matthew, The Tax Collector," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "Standing Up from a Kneeling Position," the Rev. Rosemary Brown, Day 1, 2002.
- "Matthew and the Matchbox Car," the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, Day 1, 1996.
- "What Does God Desire of You?" L. Gregory Bloomquist, Saint Paul University, Ottawa.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- With Children:
- "Is There a Gospel in the House?" Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Jesus Eats with a Tax Collector," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- "Sacrificing Mercy," Michelle Pitman, dramatix.
- "The Captain's Promise," Michele Pitman, dramatix.
- "Matthew's Taxing Time," Trevor Fletcher, dramatix.
- "No Matter What," Nina Wallestad, Dramatic License. Conditions of Use.
- "The Kind of Fasting that God Wants," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art Images: Matthew 9:9-13, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:14-15, Matthew 9:14-15, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:9-13, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Matthew 9:9-13, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Matthew and Jesus, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- Call of Matthew, Clip Art, Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Hymns and Music:
- When Jesus Called to Matthew is a new hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette on Jesus' calling of Matthew the tax collector to be one of his disciples, and Jesus' call for us to be a welcoming church today. Tune: AURELIA 7.6.7.6 D ("The Church's One Foundation")
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 9:12, 20, 21. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "These Thousand Hills," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew
