Matthew 6:19
Lasting Treasure
6:19 “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:1
Pure-hearted Giving
6:1 “Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
Matthew 28:1-20
The Resurrection
28:1 Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
28:3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
28:4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
28:5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”
28:8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
28:9 But Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.
28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
The Guards’ Report
28:11 While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.
28:12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’
28:14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
28:15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.
The Great Commission
28:16 So the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.
28:17 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.
28:18 Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
28:20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 1:1-25
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
1:4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed (by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse,
1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),
1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,
1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
1:11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
1:12 After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
1:14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,
1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
1:19 Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
1:20 When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
1:21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
1:22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:
1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.”
1:24 When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,
1:25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.