Matthew: The Five Major Discourses Of Jesus

The Five Major Discourses of Matthew are extensive and all end with the same words: “when Jesus had finished these words…” Matthew recounts part of the history of Jesus by placing the discourses in strategic positions by following a sequence. In the first discourse the “Sermon of the Mount” (Mt. 5: 3-7:27), this discourse was one of the most important sermons given my Jesus, because he was at the center of His preaching. Also, he teaches his disciples how to pray the Our Father. In this sermon, Jesus is teaching and giving a mission to his disciples with the Beatitudes; the Beatitudes are meant to guide according to the positions of Jesus on righteousness and good deeds towards others. They are meant to teach the disciples how to live. In this discourse, Jesus reflects on earth and world; these are the people the disciples are sent to illuminate with their light.
10: 5-42), in this discourse Matthew recounts the detailed instructions Jesus gave to his twelve disciples. The twelve were common men, among them were fishers and Matthew himself was a tax collector; these men were commissioned to go and proclaim the kingdom of heaven. Jesus gives them authority and directions on how to follow his discipleship.

The third discourse is the “Parable of the Kingdom” – the parable discourse (Mt. 13: 3-52); Jesus teaches us through parables and when he does this, He is exposing and describing the nature of the Kingdom. Jesus says that he talks in parables because, “they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.” (Mt 13: 13) In each of the parables, Jesus compares specific things to the kingdom of heaven; for example, the Mustard Seed being so small but it grows to be the largest of the plants. He uses a lot of parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. Parables are an