1. 1 Forty-odd names, then a birth Matthew opens with a list running from Abraham to Joseph, and only then tells how Jesus was born. Explained
2. 2 A star, and a king who counts Wise men ask Herod where the king of the Jews has been born, and he asks them to come back and tell him. Explained
3. 3 Someone stronger is coming John baptises crowds in the Jordan and warns of one whose sandals he is not worthy to carry. Explained
4. 4 Forty days, and three tests Tested in the wilderness, he hears that John has been arrested, moves to Capernaum, and calls his first four. Explained
5. 5 The unlucky, called fortunate He sits down on a mountain and starts by calling fortunate the people usually counted unlucky. Explained
6. 6 Giving, praying, fasting — out of sight Three religious habits handled the same way, each to be done unseen, with the prayer he teaches set in the middle. Explained
7. 7 Build on rock Do not judge, ask and it will be given, enter by the narrow gate, and judge a teacher by what grows from him. Explained
8. 8 Almost nobody speaks Three healings, two would-be followers, a storm, and two men among the tombs: the chapter moves faster than it talks. Explained
9. 9 Forgiven before he is healed A paralysed man hears about sins first, a tax collector is called from his table, and two needs are met on one road. Explained
10. 10 Sent out with almost nothing The twelve are named and given instructions that darken as they go: where to go, what not to carry, what to expect. Explained
11. 11 Are you the one, or not John sends from prison to ask, and the answer is a list of what is happening rather than a title. Explained
12. 12 By whose power Two Sabbath arguments, then the charge that he drives out demons by their prince, then a demand for a sign. Explained
13. 13 A day of parables, from a boat Seven pictures in a row, and then he goes home and is not believed by the people who watched him grow up. Explained
14. 14 A head on a dish, and five loaves John is executed at a birthday party; Jesus withdraws, is followed, feeds five thousand, and comes to them on the water. Explained
15. 15 The argument she wins Washing hands becomes a question about what makes a person unclean, and then a foreign woman argues with him and wins. Explained
16. 16 Who do you say I am A sign refused, a warning misheard as being about bread, and then the question at Caesarea Philippi. Explained
17. 17 Changed on a mountain Three see him with Moses and Elijah; coming down, a father asks for a son the other nine could not help. Explained
18. 18 A child, and one lost sheep Who is greatest is answered with a child; then the worth of the one that wandered, and how often to forgive. Explained
19. 19 He went away sad Divorce, children brought to be blessed, a rich young man who cannot let go, and a camel at a needle's eye. Explained
20. 20 Paid the same, whatever the hour Workers hired late are paid like the first; then a third announcement, a request for the best seats, and two blind men. Explained
21. 21 Into the city, and into the temple He rides in on a donkey, drives the traders out, curses a fig tree, and refuses to say by what authority. Explained
22. 22 Four questions, in a row A feast nobody attends, then taxes, then a woman married seven times, then the greatest commandment, then one of his own. Explained
23. 23 Seven times, the same word A long denunciation of scribes and Pharisees, seven times beginning the same way, ending in a lament over the city. Explained
24. 24 Nobody knows the day Told the temple will fall, they ask when; most of the answer is about not being deceived and not knowing. Explained
25. 25 Three pictures of waiting Ten girls with lamps, three servants given money, and a judgment where the nations are separated. Explained
26. 26 A price agreed, a meal eaten Ointment poured out, a bargain struck, a Passover eaten, a garden, an arrest, and a trial that runs through the night. Explained
27. 27 Washed hands Judas returns the money and dies; Pilate offers a choice, washes his hands, and hands him over. Explained
28. 28 Paid to say the body was stolen Two women come at dawn, meet him on the way, and the guards are paid to tell another story. Explained

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