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[[File:512px-The Apostle Matthew.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Matthew the Apostle]]

[[File:512px-The Apostle Matthew.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Matthew the Apostle]]

'''Matthew the Apostle''' (Saint Matthew in [[Catholic]] and [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] traditions) is the writer of the first [[Gospel]] in the [[New Testament]], The [[Gospel of Matt]].hew]].  The name Matthew is derived from the Hebrew Mattija.  He was one of the [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples and became one of the more prominent [[Apostles]].

'''Matthew the Apostle''' (Saint Matthew in [[Catholic]] and [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] traditions) is the writer of the first [[Gospel]] in the [[New Testament]], The [[Gospel of Matthew]].  The name Matthew is derived from the Hebrew Mattija.  He was one of the [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples and became one of the more prominent [[Apostles]].

Due to Matthew's background as a tax collector, the parables he recounts in his [[Gospel of Matthew]] tend to be more [[economic]] in nature than in the other Gospels, such as the [[Parable of the Vineyard Workers]] that appears only in his Gospel.

Due to Matthew's background as a tax collector, the parables he recounts in his [[Gospel of Matthew]] tend to be more [[economic]] in nature than in the other Gospels, such as the [[Parable of the Vineyard Workers]] that appears only in his Gospel.