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that are even more Jewish than Matthew,
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but they didn't make it into the New Testament.
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It's the most Jewish, and yet it's also at the same time,
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one of the most universal of the Gospels
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because you precisely have an ending with
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Jesus commanding the apostles to make disciples of all nations,
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that is all the Gentiles too.
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In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus limits his ministry
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during his lifetime pretty much to Israel, he's going to Jews.
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He makes a point of this in the Gospel of Matthew.
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But after his resurrection then the message is supposed to go out.
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Look also at the way that Matthew begins.