Matthew for Everyone Quotes

“Israel isn’t chosen in order to be God’s special people while the rest of the world remains in outer darkness. Israel is chosen to be the light of the world, the salt of the earth. Israel is chosen so that, through Israel, God can bless all people. And now Jesus is calling Israel to be the light of the world at last. He is opening the way, carving a path through the jungle towards that vocation, urging his followers to come with him on the dangerous road.”
― N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 1: Chapters 1-15

“But there were other, darker enemies, who had the power to kill the soul as well: enemies who were battling for that soul even now, during Jesus’ ministry, and who were using the more obvious enemies as a cover. Actually, it’s even worse than that. The demonic powers that are greedy for the soul of God’s people are using their very desire for justice and vengeance as the bait on the hook. The people of light are never more at risk than when they are lured into fighting the darkness with more darkness. That is the road straight to the smouldering rubbish-tip, to Gehenna, and Jesus wants his followers to be well aware of it. This is what you should be afraid of.”
― Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 1: Chapters 1-15

“Our father in heaven, May your name be honoured 10May your kingdom come May your will be done As in heaven, so on earth. 11 Give us today the bread we need now; 12And forgive us the things we owe, As we too have forgiven what was owed to us. 13Don’t bring us into the great Trial, But rescue us from evil. 14”
― N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone, Part 1: Chapters 1-15

“Follow me, Jesus said to the first disciples; because in him the living God was doing a new thing, and this list of 'wonderful news' is part of his invitation, part of his summons, part of his way of saying that God is at work in a fresh way and that this is what it looks like. Jesus is beginning a new era for God's people and God's world.”
― N.T. Wright, Matthew for Everyone: Part One, Chapters 1-15

“Before the Prince of Peace had learned to walk and talk, he was a homeless refugee with a price on his head.”
― Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone Part 1