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Matthew 18:15-20 is one of many scripture texts that have ... If one looks at these verses in the context of chapter 18, one notices the hyperbole Jesus uses in a series of brief teachings. Some of ...

The old chestnut of the necessity of literary context is true when it comes to understanding Matthew 18. This famous chapter does not stand alone. It is but one part of what many scholars consider ...

is to balance Matthew 16 with Matthew 18. In the latter chapter, we find a broader notion of authority among the followers of Jesus, disciples who eventually would separate from Judaism and become ...

Chapter 18, one of the “five speeches that changed the world,” as Ben F. Meyer named Matthew’s discourses, spends 14 of its 35 verses discussing the need for leadership in the Church to be ...

A long-lost Biblical passage, buried for nearly 1,500 years, has surfaced through the lens of ultraviolet technology. The rediscovery bridges ancient scripture and modern science in a stunning reveal.