Hermeneutics
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Narrative/Teaching Interplay in Matthew

Ch 1—4 NARRATIVE: setting the stage for Jesus’ ministry
Ch 5—7 TEACHING: sermon on the mount
Ch 8—10:4 NARRATIVE: healings and calling the disciples
Ch 10:5—42 TEACHING: instructions on the disciple’s ministry
Ch 11—12 NARRATIVE: dialogues concerning John and the religious
Ch 13 TEACHING: kingdom parables
Ch 14—17 NARRATIVE: Height of ministry in Galilee
Ch 18 TEACHING: greatness in the kingdom
Ch 19 NARRATIVE: dialogue/debate with pharisees
Ch 19:28—20:16 TEACHING: working for the kingdom
Ch 20:17—21:27 NARRATIVE: triumphal entry
Ch 21:28—22:14 TEACHING: warning parables
Ch 22:15—46 NARRATIVE: confrontations with the religious
Ch 23—25 TEACHING: woes, laments, judgments, apocalypse
26—28 NARRATIVE: arrest, crucifixion, resurrection, commission

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