Matthew – Salvation
The Book of Matthew - passages specific to God’s Plan for Man’s – SALVATION.
Matthew 10:
v.22 – All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
v.32 – Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. v.33 – But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.
v.40 – He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. v.41 – Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. v.42 – And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.
Matthew 12:
v.36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken. v.37 – For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.
Matthew 18:
v.1. – At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” v.2 – He called a little child and had him stand among them. v.3 – And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. v.4 – Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
v.5 – And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. v.6 – But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
v.7 – Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! v.8 – If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. v.9 – And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
Matthew 19:
v.14 – Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” v.15 – When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
v.16 – Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”
v.17 – “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.” v.18 – “Which ones” the man inquired. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, v.19 – honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
v.20 – “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” v.21 – Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
v.22 – When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.
v.23 – Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. v.24 – Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
v.25 – When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
v.26 – Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
v.27 – Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?” v.28 – Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. v.29 – And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. v.30 – But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.”
Matthew 21:
v.31 – “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. v.32 – For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
v.43 – “Therefore, I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. v.44 – He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Matthew 22:
v.14 – “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 23:
v.27 – “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. v.28 – In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
v.29 – Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. v.30 – And you say, “If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets’ v.31 – So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. v.32 – Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
v.33 – “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? v.34 – Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. v.35 – And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zecheriah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. v.36 – I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
Matthew 25:
v.31 – “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. v.32 – All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. v.33 – He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
v.34 – “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. v.35 – For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. v.36 – I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
v.37 – “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? v.38 – When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes, and clothe you? v.39 – When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
v.40 – “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
v.41 – “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
v.42 – For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, v.43 - I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
v.44 – “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
v.45 – “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
v.46 – “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Matthew 28:
v.16 – Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. v.17 – When they saw him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. v.18 – Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. v.19 – Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, v.20 – and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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