The King has come — a tax collector's account of the promised Messiah.
"Ye are the light of the ______. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
Matthew was a tax collector — the first-century career least likely to produce a beloved author — until Jesus said two words: 'Follow me.'
Matthew quotes the Old Testament more than any other gospel — over sixty times — because his whole case is 'that it might be fulfilled.'
The Sermon on the Mount runs three full chapters and gave the world the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the golden rule in one sitting.
The wise men, the star, and the flight to Egypt appear only in Matthew — no other gospel records them.