Jesus, as Matthew presents Him to us, was a man of mercy. He taught mercy. Matthew arranged his gospel into five teaching blocks (chapters 5-7,10,13,18,23-25). Each of these ends with a statement to the effect of when Jesus had finished saying/teaching (all) these things (7:28,11:1,13:53, 19:1,26:1). In the first part of the first teaching section,Continue reading “The Man Of Mercy”