| Introduction | |
1. | Form and Construction | 1 |
2. | Sources and Redactional Formation | 4 |
3. | The "Place" of the Gospel of Matthew: Spiritual Milieu and Origin | 5 |
4. | Time and Circumstances of the Composition: The Author | 6 |
5. | Israel, Judaism, and the Church in the Gospel of Matthew | 7 |
6. | Peter and His Meaning for the Gospel of Matthew | 8 |
7. | Christology | 8 |
8. | Old Law and New "Righteousness" | 10 |
9. | Salvation History and Eschatological Fulfillment | 10 |
10. | History of the Influence of Matthew's Gospel and Its Meaning Today | 11 |
11. | The Second Part of the Gospel of Matthew (16:21-28:20) | 12 |
12. | Some Special Matthean Concerns | 12 |
| Commentary | |
| The Pre-Gospel (chaps. 1-2) | 15 |
| A Catena of Narratives from the Early Childhood of the Messiah Jesus (chap. 2) | 20 |
| Beginnings: John the Baptizer, Jesus' Baptism and Temptation, and Emergence in Galilee (3:1-4:16) | 28 |
| Jesus' Proclamation and Works of Healing (4:17-9:34) | 40 |
| The Sermon on the Mount (chaps. 5-7) | 44 |
| The Beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (5:1-19) | 45 |
| "Greater Righteousness": Antitheses (5:20-48) | 53 |
| The Right Attitude before God the Father (6:1-18) | 63 |
| Undivided Service to God and the Quest for His Reign (6:19-34) | 70 |
| Instructions for a Community of Siblings (7:1-12) | 73 |
| Concluding Admonitions (7:13-29) | 76 |
| Jesus' Salvific Works, Especially in Cures and Deeds of Power (8:1-9:34) | 80 |
| Return to Capernaum and Further Deeds of Healing (9:1-34) | 86 |
| The Disciples as Jesus' Messengers: The Discourse at the Sending of the Disciples (9:35-11:1) | 92 |
| Conversations and Confrontations (11:2-12:50) | 103 |
| Jesus and John the Baptist (11:2-19) | 103 |
| Cries of Woe, of Jubilee, and of the Savior (11:20-30) | 107 |
| Confrontations with Opponents (12:1-21) | 111 |
| Imputation of Complicity with the Devil, Demand for Signs--Jesus' Majesty and His New Family (12:22-50) | 114 |
| The Parabolic Discourse (13:1-53) | 121 |
| Parabolic Discourse before the People (13:1-35) | 122 |
| Parabolic Discourse to the Disciples (13:36-53) | 131 |
| Jesus' Further Activity, Amid Mounting Opposition (13:54-14:36) | 136 |
| Confrontation with Jewish Governing Circles on the Occasion of Further Activity Among the People (15:1-16:12) | 146 |
| The Confession of Peter: The Critical Point for the Faith-Understanding of the Community (16:13-20) | 156 |
| The Way to Jerusalem (16:21-20:34) | 161 |
| First Prediction of Jesus' Passion and Resurrection: Instructions for the Disciples (16:21-17:21) | 161 |
| Second Prediction of Jesus' Passion and Resurrection (17:22-18:35) | 169 |
| The Great Community Discourse (chap. 18) | 170 |
| Important Community Themes, with the Third Prediction of Jesus' Suffering and Resurrection (19:1-20:34) | 181 |
| The Days in Jerusalem (chaps. 21-25) | 198 |
| The Entry into Jerusalem, the Cleansing of the Temple, and the Question of Authority (21:1-17) | 199 |
| Three Polemical Parables (21:28-22:14) | 207 |
| Four Significant Questions (Disputations) (22:15-46) | 216 |
| Discourse against the Scribes and Pharisees (chap. 23) | 225 |
| The Great Eschatological Discourse (chaps. 24-25) | 235 |
| Jesus' Passion and Resurrection (26:1-28:20) | 259 |
| From the Conspiracy of the High Council to the Hour in Gethsemane (26:1-46) | 261 |
| From the Arrest of Jesus to His Delivery to Pilate (26:47-27:10) | 272 |
| The Hearing before Pilate, the Mocking of Jesus, and His Crucifixion, Death, and Burial (27:11-66) | 281 |
| The Resurrection and the Appearances of Jesus (28:1-20) | 293 |
| Index of Subjects | 301 |
| Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature | 308 |