Stories from Matthew’s Good News

A collection of stories from the Gospel of Matthew

About these stories (introduction)

When Jesus was born – Matthew 1:18-25

Wise men visit Jesus – Matthew 2:1-23

Jesus is baptized – Matthew 3:13-17

Satan talks to Jesus – Matthew 4:1-11

Jesus tells people about God – Matthew 4:17-25

Jesus teaches his friends – Matthew 5:1-12

You are like salt and light – Matthew 5:13-16, 43-45

Jesus teaches some more – Matthew 5:21-48

Jesus teaches us how to pray – Matthew 6:1-18

Jesus teaches us about money – Matthew 6:19-34

Words of Warning – Matthew 7:1-23

The two builders – Matthew 7:24-27

If you want to, you can make me clean – Matthew 8:1-4

A soldier comes to see Jesus – Matthew 8:5-13

Jesus at Peter’s house – Matthew 8:14-16

A storm on the lake – Matthew 8:23-27

Two men with evil spirits inside them – Matthew 8:28-33

Jesus meets Matthew – Matthew 9:9-12

A little girl lives again – Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26

A woman touches Jesus’ coat – Matthew 9:20-22

Jesus cures a lot of people – Matthew 9:27-36

Jesus has twelve friends – Matthew 10:1, 5-14, 32, 40-42

Two Sparrows – Matthew 10:29-32

John in prison – Matthew 11:2-11

Jesus said, “Come to me.” – Matthew 11:25-29

Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath – Matthew 12:9-14

The weeds in the field – Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

A tree and its fruit – Matthew 12:33-37

Good fish and bad fish – Matthew 13:47-51

Jesus in his own town – Matthew 13:53-58

Herod kills John the Baptist – Matthew 14:1-12

Jesus feeds a lot of people – Matthew 14:13-21

Jesus walks on the water – Matthew 14:22-33

Unclean things – Matthew 15:10-11, 15-20

Who do you say that I am? – Matthew 16:13-20

Jesus tries to tell his friends something – Matthew 16:21-27

Jesus climbs a mountain – Matthew 17:1-9

Jesus heals a sick boy – Matthew 17:14-23

A coin from a fish – Matthew 17:24-27

Who is the greatest? – Matthew 18:1-6, 10

One lost sheep – Matthew 18:10-14

I am with you – Matthew 18:15-22

The man who would not forgive – Matthew 18:23-35

A rich young man – Matthew 19:16-22, 27-29

The workmen – Matthew 20:1-15

A mother asks Jesus for something – Matthew 20:17-28

Two blind men – Matthew 20:29-34

Jesus rides on a donkey – Matthew 21:1-11

Jesus in the temple – Matthew 21:12-16

The story of the two sons – Matthew 21:28-32

The farmers and the vineyard – Matthew 21:33-41

Jesus talks to clever men – Matthew 22:34-39

A man gives some money to his servants – Matthew 25:14-30

The sheep and the goats – Matthew 25:31-46

The leaders get help to catch Jesus – Matthew 26:3-4, 14-16

Jesus at Simon’s house – Matthew 26:6-13

Jesus eats his last meal with his friends – Matthew 26:17-30

Jesus in the garden – Matthew 26:30-56

The leaders question Jesus… and Peter tells lies – Matthew 26:57-75

Judas takes the money back – Matthew 27:1-5

Jesus and Pilate – Matthew 27:11-26

Jesus dies on the cross – Matthew 27:26-66

Jesus is alive – Matthew 28:1-15

Jesus meets his friends – Matthew 28:16-20