Table of Contents

Introduction to Gospel
Introduction to the Book of Matthew

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28

Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
About the Author

About the Author

Thomas Moore is a spiritual innovator whose life work has been helping people find and nurture an everyday spirituality. He is the author of Care of the Soul, which was on the New York Times best-seller list for forty-four weeks, as well as many other best-selling and award-winning books on religion, spirituality and depth psychology. He has a PhD in religious studies from Syracuse University and is a depth psychotherapist and former monk. He lectures in many countries and continues to write about religion and the life of the soul, including for Spirituality & Health magazine and the Huffington Post.

Reviews

"This is unlike any translation I've encountered. Simple, beautiful and highly readable…. People of all faiths, and those with none, will find meaning and perspective in this wonderful book."
—Dr. James Guy, president, Headington Institute, Pasadena, California; former dean, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary

“So much of our daily tragic news is a direct result of a narrow, irresponsible and inaccurate view of the Christ. Thank you, Thomas Moore, for inviting us to re-envision Jesus, not as an engine of division, but as a healer of headlines.”
—Rev. Susan Sparks, senior pastor, Madison Avenue Baptist Church; author, Laugh Your Way to Grace

“As an archeologist of the soul, Thomas Moore probes these ancient artifacts and finds in the words and deeds of a radical Jesus a critique of the social ills that plague us and the encouragement we need to work toward the healing of our little place in a chaotic world. His translation is fresh, clear and inviting, and his commentary, enlightening and sometimes surprising.”
—George W. E. Nickelsburg, professor emeritus, University of Iowa

“Guides us beyond biblical literalism, opening windows that have long been painted shut. The master turns his extraordinary soul and pen back to the source, enlivening and healing our reading of sacred text. Here is a holy book that is indeed inclusive, expansive, edgy and thrilling—a book redirecting our gaze, in Moore’s own words, to the 'the Kingdom of the Sky.’”
—Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Emanu-El Scholar, Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco; author of many books on Jewish mysticism and spirituality