| | The '''Gospel of Matthew''' ends with the [[Great Commission]], commanding those of Christian [[faith]] to baptize and evangelize all the peoples of the world: "And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|28|18-20}} ([[KJV]]).</ref> The Gospel of Matthew also has a strong statement about the power of [[faith]]: Jesus "said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, 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, and nothing will be impossible for you.”<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|17|20}} ([[ESV]]).</ref> | | The '''Gospel of Matthew''' ends with the [[Great Commission]], commanding those of Christian [[faith]] to baptize and evangelize all the peoples of the world: "And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|28|18-20}} ([[KJV]]).</ref> The Gospel of Matthew also has a strong statement about the power of [[faith]]: Jesus "said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, 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, and nothing will be impossible for you.”<ref>{{bibleref|Matthew|17|20}} ([[ESV]]).</ref> |
| − | The Gospel of Matthew contains more provincialism than the other [[Gospels]]: only in the Gospel of Matthew is [[Jesus]] described as advising initially against entering a [[Samaritan]] village or mingling with [[Gentiles]], at {{bibleref|Matthew|10|5}}, and only in this Gospel is Jesus quoted early in his ministry as saying, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” {{bibleref|Matthew|15|24}} | + | The Gospel of Matthew contains more provincialism than the other [[Gospels]]: only in the Gospel of Matthew is [[Jesus]] described as initially advising against entering a [[Samaritan]] village or mingling with [[Gentiles]], at {{bibleref|Matthew|10|5}}, and only in this Gospel is Jesus quoted early in his ministry as saying, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” {{bibleref|Matthew|15|24}} |