For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharis…

St. John Chrysostom: After His instructions, He adds a miracle that would powerfully confound the Pharisees. The man who came …

Matthew tightly links this narrative to the dinner in his house. A synagogue ruler, hence a Jew and a man of considerable influence in the lives of…

And Jesus arose and followed him
Immediately, without delay, or any more ado: he did not upbraid him with the treatment he and…

The death of our relatives should drive us to Christ, who is our life. And it is a high honor for the greatest rulers to serve the Lord Jesus; and …

The Evangelist has related the miracles by which remedies were applied against the dangers of sin; here, he relates those miracles by which remedie…