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Endorsements<\/h2>\n

‘Spurgeon always provides a solid meal and sustenance on which one can live … Never was the truth he preached and proclaimed, in such a winsome and powerful manner, more needed than today.’– D. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES<\/p>\n

Book Description<\/h2>\n

This is a newly typeset edition of the only commentary on a complete New Testament book ever written by C. H. Spurgeon. Originally published as The Gospel of the Kingdom<\/em>, it was largely written during the last days of the great preacher’s life. ‘Such words acquire a solemnity and pathos with which nothing else could invest them’, wrote Mrs. Susannah Spurgeon when first introducing the volume in 1893 shortly after the death of her husband. ‘We listen almost as to a voice “from the excellent glory”.’<\/p>\n

Spurgeon’s Commentary on Matthew therefore represents the fruit of a lifetime spend in the study and exposition of Scripture. It bears all the hallmarks of the genius of one who in his day was known as ‘the Prince of Preachers’- reverence for the very words of Scripture, faithful teaching, deep insight, practical application, profound simplicity and spiritual power. Above all, from start to finish, the reader is struck by the author’s unbounded devotion to and commendation of the Lord Jesus Christ- the King who is himself the gospel of the kingdom.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nIntroductory Note<\/td>\nix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:1-17<\/td>\nThe Pedigree of the King<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:18-25<\/td>\nThe Birth of the King<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:1-23<\/td>\nThe King Appearing and the King Assailed<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:1-12<\/td>\nThe Herald of the King<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:13-17<\/td>\nThe King Designated and Anointed<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:1-11<\/td>\nThe King Begins His Reign by a Combat with the Prince of Darkness<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:12-25<\/td>\nThe King Setting up His Kingdom Openly<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:1-16<\/td>\nThe King Promulgates the Laws of His Kingdom<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:17-20<\/td>\nOur King Honours His Father\u2019s Law<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:21-48<\/td>\nThe King Corrects Traditional Law<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:1-18<\/td>\nThe King Contrasts the Laws of His Kingdom with the Conduct of Outward Religionists in the Matters of Alms and Prayer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:19-34<\/td>\nThe King Gives Commands as to the Cares of This Life<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:1-12<\/td>\nThe King Continues to Regulate the Behaviour of His Subjects<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:13-23<\/td>\nThe King Teaches His Servants to Discern and to Distinguish<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:24-29<\/td>\nThe King Sums up His Discourse<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:1-18<\/td>\nThe King, Having Spoken in Wisdom, Works with Power<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:19-22<\/td>\nOur King Discerning His True Followers<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:23-27<\/td>\nOur King Ruling the Sea<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:28-34<\/td>\nThe King Driving Legions before Him<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:1-8<\/td>\nThe King Continues to Display His Royal Power<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:9-13<\/td>\nThe Grace of the Kingdom<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:14-17<\/td>\nThe Joy of the Kingdom<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:18-26<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Dominion over Disease and Death<\/td>\n103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:27-31<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Touch Healing the Blind<\/td>\n107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:32-35<\/td>\nThe King and Those Possessed with Devils<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:36-38<\/td>\nThe King Pitying the Multitudes<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:1-15<\/td>\nThe King Commissioning His Officers<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:16-25<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Messengers May Expect to Be Maltreated<\/td>\n118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:26-42<\/td>\nThe King Cheering His Champions<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:1-19<\/td>\nThe King Supports His Messengers by His Own Appearing<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:20-30<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Warnings, Rejoicings, and Invitations<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:1-13<\/td>\nOur King as Lord of the Sabbath<\/td>\n143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:14-21<\/td>\nOur King in the Majesty of His Peacefulness<\/td>\n149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:22-37<\/td>\nOur King and the Powers of Darkness<\/td>\n151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:38-42<\/td>\nOur King Challenged to Give a Sign<\/td>\n158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:43-45<\/td>\nOur King Unveiling the Tactics of the Arch-enemy<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:46-50<\/td>\nOur King and His Earthly Relatives<\/td>\n163<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:1-53<\/td>\nOur King Sets Forth Seven Parables of the Kingdom<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:54-58<\/td>\nThe King in His Own Country<\/td>\n186<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:1-12<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Herald Slain<\/td>\n188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:13-22<\/td>\nOur King Gives a Great Banquet<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:23-36<\/td>\nThe King Ruling Winds and Waves<\/td>\n199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:1-20<\/td>\nOur King Combating Formalists<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:21-28<\/td>\nOur King and the Woman of Canaan<\/td>\n213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:29-39<\/td>\nThe King Gives Another Banquet<\/td>\n217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:1-4<\/td>\nThe King and His Chosen Sign<\/td>\n223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:5-12<\/td>\nThe King Misunderstood by His Own<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:13-28<\/td>\nThe King Alone with His Friends<\/td>\n229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:1-13<\/td>\nOur King Transfigured in Glory<\/td>\n238<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:14-21<\/td>\nThe King Returning to the Field of Conflict<\/td>\n244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:22-23<\/td>\nAgain the King Speaks of His Death<\/td>\n249<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17:24-27<\/td>\nOur King and the Tribute Money<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:1-5<\/td>\nThe King Arranges Rank in His Kingdom<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:6-14<\/td>\nOur King\u2019s Warning against Offences, Especially Those Which Injure the Little Ones<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:15-35<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Law concerning Offences<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19:1-12<\/td>\nThe King and the Marriage Laws<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19:13-15<\/td>\nThe Great King among the Little Children<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19:16-30<\/td>\nThe King Settles the Order of Precedence<\/td>\n276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:1-16<\/td>\nA Parable of the Kingdom<\/td>\n284<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:17-28<\/td>\nThe King on His Way to the Cross<\/td>\n291<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20:29-34<\/td>\nThe King Opening the Eyes of the Blind<\/td>\n296<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:1-11<\/td>\nThe King Rides Triumphantly into His Capital<\/td>\n299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:12-14<\/td>\nThe King Cleanses the Temple<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:15-16<\/td>\nThe King Acknowledges the Children\u2019s Acclamations<\/td>\n307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:17-22<\/td>\nThe King Gives a Token of the Judgment of Jerusalem, and of the Power of Prayer<\/td>\n308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:23-32<\/td>\nThe King Confounds and Warns His Enemies<\/td>\n311<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:33-44<\/td>\nThe King Makes His Enemies Judge Themselves<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21:45-46<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Enemies Plot against Him<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:1-14<\/td>\nThe Parable of the Marriage of the King\u2019s Son<\/td>\n321<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:15-22<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Enemies Try to Ensnare Him<\/td>\n333<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:23-33<\/td>\nThe King and the Sadducees<\/td>\n339<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:34-40<\/td>\nThe King Tested by a Lawyer<\/td>\n343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22:41-46<\/td>\nThe King Asking Questions<\/td>\n347<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23:1-12<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Warning against False Teachers<\/td>\n349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23:13-33<\/td>\nThe King Pronouncing Woes<\/td>\n352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23:34-39<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Farewell to His Capital<\/td>\n359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24:1-2<\/td>\nThe King and His Father\u2019s House<\/td>\n362<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24:3-31<\/td>\nThe King Answers Difficult Questions<\/td>\n363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24:32-41<\/td>\nThe King Speaks of the Time of His Coming<\/td>\n372<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24:42-51<\/td>\nThe King Commands His Servants to Watch<\/td>\n375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25:1-13<\/td>\nThe King and His Marriage Procession<\/td>\n379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25:14-30<\/td>\nThe Parable of the Talents<\/td>\n384<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25:31-46<\/td>\nThe Royal and Universal Judge<\/td>\n389<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:1-5<\/td>\nThe King Prophesying: His Enemies Plotting<\/td>\n395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:6-13<\/td>\nThe King Anointed for His Burial<\/td>\n396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:14-16<\/td>\nThe Betrayer\u2019s Bargain<\/td>\n396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:17-30<\/td>\nThe Last Passover and the New Memorial<\/td>\n399<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:31-35<\/td>\n\u00a0The King Again Prophesying: Peter Protesting<\/td>\n403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:36-46<\/td>\nThe King beneath the Olive-trees<\/td>\n405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:47-56<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Betrayal<\/td>\n409<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:57-68<\/td>\nThe King before the Jewish High Priest<\/td>\n412<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26:69-75<\/td>\nThe King Denied by His Disciple<\/td>\n415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:1-2<\/td>\nThe King Taken to Pilate<\/td>\n417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:3-10<\/td>\nThe Traitor\u2019s Remorse and Suicide<\/td>\n418<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:11-26<\/td>\nJesus: Pilate: Barabbas<\/td>\n420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:27-31<\/td>\nThe King Mocked by the Soldiers<\/td>\n423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:32-38<\/td>\nThe King Crucified<\/td>\n425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:39-49<\/td>\nMocking the Crucified King<\/td>\n427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:50-54<\/td>\n\u2018It Is Finished\u2019<\/td>\n430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:55-61<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Faithful Friends<\/td>\n432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27:62-66<\/td>\nGuarding the King\u2019s Sepulchre<\/td>\n434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28:1-7<\/td>\nThe Empty Sepulchre<\/td>\n435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28:8-10<\/td>\nThe Risen King<\/td>\n438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28:11-15<\/td>\nFalsehood and Bribery<\/td>\n439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28:16-20<\/td>\nThe King\u2019s Last Command<\/td>\n441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Review<\/h2>\n