The Best verses in Matthew (ESV)
Matthew
• Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way….Mary…was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
• Matthew 1:19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
• Matthew 1:22–23 "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet... Immanuel (which means, God with us).”
• Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).”
• Matthew 2:1–2 wise men…saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose & have come to worship him’
• Matthew 2:10–11 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy...they saw the child...and they fell down & worshiped him.
• Matthew 2:13–14 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream…he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
• Matthew 2:16 Herod…became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under
• Matthew 2:19–21 an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt…he rose &ook the child &his mother &went to the land of Israel
• Matt 3:2,8 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
• Matthew 3:5–6 hey were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
• Matthew 3:8–10 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance…Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down & thrown into the fire.
• Matt3:16–17 when Jesus was baptized…he saw the Spirit of God descending…“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
• Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• Matthew 4:10 “Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’’”
• Matthew 4:11 “Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.”
• Matt 4:19 “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’”
• Matthew 4:20–22 Immediately they left their nets and followed him…Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
• Matt4:24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, &they brought him all the sick...those oppressed by demons...paralytics, &he healed them
• Matthew 5:3–11 “Blessed are the poor in spirit…those who mourn…the meek…the merciful…the pure in heart…the peacemakers…persecuted”
• Matt5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
• Matthew 5:16 “let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven”
• Matthew 5:18 truly, I say to you, until heaven & earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
• Matthew 5:19 whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments & teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom
• Matthew 5:28 “everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
• Matthew 5:32 everyone who divorces his wife…makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery
• Matthew 5:37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
• Matt5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
• Matthew 6:1 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward
• Matthew 6:3–4 when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret
• Matthew 6:6 when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.
• Matthew 6:14–15 “For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, …
• ...but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
• Matthew 6:19–20 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
• Matthew 6:22–23 “The eye is the lamp of the body”
• Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life"
• Matthew 6:27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
• Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
• Matthew 6:34 do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
• Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, & then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
• Matthew 7:13–14 the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction…the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life
• Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father
• Matt7:22–23 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord…I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
• Matthew 7:24 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Matthew 8:2–3 a leper came to him…saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”…Jesus…touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.”
• Matt8:16 That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, &he cast out the spirits with a word &healed all who were sick.
• Matthew 8:26 “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
• Matthew 8:27 "And the men marveled, saying, 'What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?’”
• Matthew 8:31–32 the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.”
• Matthew 9:2 when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”
• Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
• Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their [the two blind men’s] eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
• Matthew 9:32–33 a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him. And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke.
• Matthew 9:36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
• Matt9:37-38 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers
• Matt10:1 he called to him his 12 disciples &gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, &to heal every disease &…affliction
• Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
• Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
• Matt10:26 "have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.”
• Matthew 10:28 do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Matthew 10:38-39 “Whoever finds his life will lose it, & whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
• Matthew 11:20–23 "Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent…”
• Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Matthew 11:28–30 Come to me, all who labor &are heavy laden...Take my yoke upon you, &learn from me... &you will find rest for your souls.
• Matthew 11:28-30 “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
• Matthew 12:6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
• Matthew 12:28-30 “But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
• Matt12:34-37 For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks….on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word
• Matthew 12:39–40 no sign will be given to it except….the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
• Matthew 12:42 behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
• Matthew 12:43–45 it goes &brings with it seven other spirits…they enter &dwell there, &the last state of that person is worse than the first
• Matthew 12:50 “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
• Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom &does not understand it, the evil one comes &snatches away what has been sown
• Matthew 13:20–21 he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises…immediately he falls away
• Matthew 13:22 one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful
• Matt13:41-42 angels…will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin &all law-breakers, &throw them into the fiery furnace.
• Matthew 13:44–46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field…sells all that he has and buys that field.”
• Matthew 13:58 he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
• Matthew 14:4 John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
• Matthew 14:12 his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus.
• Matthew 14:20–21 And they all ate and were satisfied… And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
• Matthew 14:23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone
• Matthew 14:29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.
• Matthew 14:30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”
• Matthew 14:31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
• Matt14:36 "as many as touched it were made well”
• Matthew 15:3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?”
• Matthew 15:8 “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me”
• Matthew 15:14 “Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matthew 15:31 when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, & the blind seeing…they glorified the God of Israel.
• Matthew 15:37–38 they all ate and were satisfied…Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
• Matthew 16:6,12 Jesus said to them, “Watch & beware of the leaven of the Pharisees & Sadducees.”…the teaching of the Pharisees & Sadducees.
• Matthew 16:9–10 Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand…Or the seven loaves for the four thousand
• Matt16:16–18 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”…Jesus answered him…“on this rock I will build my church”
• Matt16:23 Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.
• Matt16:24 “let him deny himself &take up his cross &follow me”
• Matt16:25 “whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
• Matthew 17:5 “a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.’”
• Matthew 17:18 “And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.”
• Matt17:20 if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move
• Matthew 18:3–4 “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven”
• Matt18:15 If your brother sins against you, go&tell him his fault, between you&him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother
• Matthew 18:33 And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?
• Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
• Matthew 19:8 “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.”
• Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
• Matthew 19:25-26 “'Who then can be saved?' ... 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”
• Matt19:16–22 a man came…saying…“what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”…he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
• Matthew 20:15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?
• Matthew 20:28 “even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• Matthew 20:30–34 “Lord, have mercy on us! …Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight & followed him
• Matthew 21:9 “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
• Matthew 21:10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
• Matthew 21:12 “Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple…& he overturned the tables… & the seats”
• Matthew 21:16 have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants & nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
• Matt22:16 “you are true &teach the way of God truthfully, & you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.”
• Matthew 22:29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.”
• Matthew 22:37,39 "love the Lord your God with all your heart &with all your soul &with all your mind...love your neighbor as yourself.”
• Matthew 22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
• Matthew 23:3,5 they preach, but do not practice…They do all their deeds to be seen by others.
• Matthew 23:9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
• Matthew 23:12 "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Matt23:23 Woe to you, scribes &Pharisees, hypocrites! For you… have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice &mercy &faithfulness
• Matthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! …inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.”
• Matthew 23:37 “How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, & you were not willing!”
• Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray.”
• Matthew 24:6–8 “you will hear of wars and rumors of wars…For nation will rise against nation…there will be famines and earthquakes”
• Matthew 24:9–13 “you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. &then many will fall away &betray one another &hate one another.”
• Matt24:12-13 “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved."
• Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away”
• Matthew 24:37, 44" For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man....Therefore you also must be ready”
• Matthew 24:42 “Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.”
• Matthew 24:44 “Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
• Matthew 25:21 "His master said to him, ‘Well done, good & faithful servant. You have been faithful...Enter into the joy of your master.’"
• Matthew 25:30 “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Matt25:34 the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you’
• Matthew 25:40 the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
• Matt25:41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’
• Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
• Matthew 26:24 woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.
• Matthew 26:39 "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
• Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Matthew 26:53 “Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”
• Matthew 26:67 “Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him”
• Matthew 26:75 Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”…he went out & wept bitterly
• Matthew 27:14 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
• Matthew 27:26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
• Matthew 27:29–31 they mocked him…spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head…stripped him…and led him away to crucify him
• Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
• Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying…“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
• Matthew 27:50–51 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit…the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
• Matthew 27:51-53 And the earth shook…The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, …
• … &coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many…. they [soldiers] were filled with awe
• Matt27:54 “they were filled with awe & said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’”
• Matthew 28:2 there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven & came and rolled back the stone & sat on it.
• Matthew 28:5–6 But the angel said to the women… “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.”
• Matt28:18 “All authority in heaven &on earth has been given to me”
• Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… baptizing them…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
• Matthew 28:20 “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."