The Easy Study Bible: Matthew
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Now there is a Bible translation that is easy to read, understand, and study.
This translation is unique in that it is arranged in a diagram form, which allows for easy identification of each of the points being made in any passage.
Good for Bible Study, sermon preparation, or just easy reading for understanding the Bible.
The entire New Testament has now been released.
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Trennis Killian
Trennis E. Killian has been an Army Medic, high school English teacher, pastor, hospital chaplain, crisis counselor, police chaplain, and pastoral counselor. All of these occupations have helped him to understand how men and women build and keep relationships. He also knows how they repair or destroy those relationships. He has also observed how people interact in all kinds of situations. They also give him firsthand knowledge of how people live and act within each of those types of situations. He writes in all of the following areas: Bible study, Self-Help, Crisis Preparation, and Christian oriented novels. To be able to write so many different kinds of books, he has spent years of intensive study of Greek, an earned doctorate in counseling, and worked in many different occupations. He writes all of his novels under the name T. E. Killian. Because of his varied education and experience, his characters take on the characteristics and personalities of people who work in all of the occupations he knows so well. Having been in many crisis situations over the past thirty plus years, he can write about them realistically. He and his wife, Ann, live in Black Canyon City, Arizona, where he writes fulltime.
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The Easy Study Bible - Trennis Killian
Matthew
The Easy Study Bible
Trennis E. Killian
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Copyright © 2011 by Trennis E. Killian
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Other Books by Trennis E. Killian
The Easy Study Bible
Matthew
James
The Relational Self Help Series
The Relational Self Help Series addresses most issues of relationships. Here are the titles published to date.
Beware of Abusive Behavior
Basic Counseling for Pastors and Other Church Leaders
Building a Godly Marriage
Conquering Grief
Controlling Your Reactions
Crisis Intervention/Suicide Prevention
Planning Communication
Relational Self Help Collection, Vol. I
There are more books coming in this series, please look for them at: www.trenniskillian.com.
Other Nonfictions Books
Victory over Gambling:
Leading Compulsive Gamblers to Freedom in Christ
Victory over Gambling: Workbook
Novels
The Real Beginning
For information or to purchase one of these titles either in paperback or EBook form please go to the webpage www.trenniskillian.com.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Outline of Matthew
List of Chapters as Bookmarks
The Easy Study Bible diagram of Matthew
The Easy Study Bible paragraph form of Matthew
Epilogue
About the Author
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Introduction
The Easy Study Bible translation, is the result of my twenty-six years in the Gospel Ministry, and from being a high school English teacher before that.
Many times over my early years as a pastor, I would grow frustrated in my efforts to teach the Bible for understanding to church members who didn't understand the basics of Hebrew and Greek. True, some passages jump out at anyone reading them, no matter which translation they use. My goal has always been that all who read the Bible would not only understand it the way God intended for them to, but also to be able to apply each truth to their lives. That, I think, takes greater understanding.
When I began teaching a Pastor's Sunday School Class in the early 1990s, I searched for a way to help my class understand better. I felt this was important since the class started out as a New Members Class.
Too many new Christians become frustrated at their first attempts to study the Bible.
Well, the answer came to me from my English teacher background. Do you remember when you had to diagram sentences in your English classes? Please don't run away screaming yet! I know. They were usually painful experiences. I felt the same way when I was a student.
If you can get past the painful memories, please think about the finished product. Once you diagramed a long complicated sentence, it became much more clear to you. You could understand what was modifying what, and what the action was and what or who was causing it. In other words, it made the sentence much more understandable.
That is what I began to do with the Bible passages we studied in that class. I took the principles of the sentence diagram and adjusted it to fit verses of the Bible. Immediately, the whole class began to gain a better understanding of each passage we studied.
Over the years since then, I have used this method constantly, not only in small group studies, but also in church Bible studies with great success.
One benefit that I didn't expect is that this method helps tremendously in sermon preparation. When I begin to prepare a sermon, I take the focal passage and diagram it. This allows me to see how the verses naturally (the way I think God intended) fall into separate thoughts. Many times, this process will give me all the points of the outline without trying to make the passage say what it does not say.
Now, let's look at this project. Do we need another translation of the Bible? In a word, No!
I have long admired the Wycliffe Bible Translators whose goal is to translate the Bible into every language of the world so all will have the opportunity to read God's message to them. I've also admired the Gideons International whose goal is to place a Bible in every hand in the world.
My goal is a combination of the goals of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Gideons International. I want to take God's word and make it easier for everyone to read and understand.
Now, here is why we need a new translation of the Bible. Simply put, the major Bible publishers do not seem to be interested in a Bible version which is diagramed. Therefore, to avoid infringing on any existing copyrights, I had to start with my own translation.
You will find The Easy Study Bible translation to be as close to literal as possible while still preserving proper English grammatical structure. This is important to me. I find that many of the modern translations, especially ones that are more literal, are clumsy at best and grammatically inaccurate at worst.
James Free!
In order to give everyone an opportunity to sample the Easy Study Bible before purchasing it, the book of James will be available in E-Book version free. It will be available on my webpage, and other online distributors.
The book of James will soon be included in a new release, which will also contain 1 Peter and 2 Peter.
I want to hear from you as you use the Easy Study Bible translation. If you have suggestions, corrections, or any comments, please email me at trennis@trenniskillian.com.
How to Use the Easy Study Bible
You may read the Easy Study Bible it the same way you would any other Bible. Each of the releases will have a paragraph version in the back of the book.
The Easy Study Bible is most effective when used as a study tool. This is where the structure of the diagram allows for better understanding of each passage that you study.
I will use James 4:7-8 to illustrate how to do several of the actions that were mentioned in the introduction.
⁷ Therefore,
submit to God.
Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you.
⁸ Draw near to God
and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands,
sinners,
and purify your hearts
you double-minded.
First, if I were writing a sermon on this passage, I can immediately see the perfect three-point sermon in it.
I. Submit to God
II. Resist the Devil
III. Draw Near to God
Notice how easy that was. Next I would flesh out point II. a little.
II. Resist the Devil
He will flee from you
Next, point III.
III. Draw Near to God
He will draw near to you
How do we do this?
Cleanse our hands
Purify our hearts
You can easily see how to continue from there.
Second, for those who want to get to the full meaning of the passage, they can easily answer the following questions from the diagram:
1. What is the subject of this passage?
Submission to God
2. How do we do this?
Resist the Devil
Draw near to God
3. What will be the result of this action?
The devil will flee from you.
God will draw near to you.
Do you get the idea? It's easy and fun to study the Bible, especially when you understand it better each time you do.
Try it out, and if you discover new and different ways to use the Easy Study Bible, please let me know so I can share them with others.
My webpage will have a whole section devoted to the Easy Study Bible, and one page will be dedicated to reader feedback. There will also be a page of Hints & Tips.
www.trenniskillian.com
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Outline of Matthew
I. Infancy Narrative (1:1-2:24
A. From Abraham to David (1:2-6a)
B. From David to the Babylonian Exile (1:6b-11)
C. From the Exile to Christ (1:12-17)
D. The Birth of Christ (1:18-24)
II. Beginning of Christ's Ministry (3:1-4:25
A. The Magi (2:1-12)
B. The Flight to Egypt (2:1318)
C. The Move to Nazareth (2:19-23)
D. John the Baptist (3:1-12)
E. The Baptism of Jesus (3:13-17)
F. The Temptation of Jesus (4:1-11)
G. Ministry in Galilee (4:12-17)
H. The First Disciples (4:18-22)
I. Ministry (4:23-25)
III. The Sermon on the Mount (5:1-7:29)
A. The Beatitudes (5:3-12)
B. Salt and Light (5:13-16)
C. Christ Fulfills the Law (5:17-20
D. Murder Begins in the Heart (5:21-26)
E. Adultery in the Heart (5:27-30)
F. Divorce (5:31-32)
G. Oaths (5:33-37)
H. Go the Second Mile (5:38-42)
I. Love Your Enemies (5:43-48)
J. Giving (6:1-4)
K. Praying (6:5-8)
L. The Model Prayer (6:9-15)
M. Fasting (6:16-18)
N. Possessions (6:19-24)
O. Anxiety (6:25-34)
P. Judging (7:1-6)
Q. Persistence (7:7-12)
R. Entering the Kingdom (7:13-23)
S. The Two Foundations (7:24-29)
IV. Healings and Calling of Disciples (8:1-9:38)
A. Cleansing a Leper (8:1-4)
B. The Centurion's Servant (8:5-13)
C. Peter's Mother-in-Law (8:14-17)
D. Following Jesus (8:18-22)
E. Calming the Sea (8:23-27)
F. The Gadarene Demoniacs (8:28-34)
G. The Paralytic Is Healed (9:1-8)
H. The Calling of Matthew (9:9-13)
I. Fasting (9:14-17)
J. Raising a Girl from the Dead (9:18-26)
K. Healing the Blind (9:27-31)
L. Driving Out a Demon (9:32-38)
V. Sending the Disciples (10:1-42)
A. Commissioning the Twelve (10:1-15)
B. Prediction of Persecutions (10:16-25)
C. Fearing God (10:26-31)
D. Acknowledging Christ (10:32-39)
E. Receiving Him (10:40-42)
VI. Teaching in Galilee (11:1-12:50)
A. John's Followers Question Jesus (11:1-15)
B. An Unresponsive Generation (11:16:24)
C. Invitation to Come to Jesus (11:25-30)
D. Lord of the Sabbath (12:1-8)
E. Controversy over Healing on the Sabbath (12:9-13)
F. The Pharisees Plot against Jesus (12:14-21)
G. A House Divided (12:22-32)
H. A Tree and Its Fruit (12:33-37)
I. The Sign of Jonah (12:38-42)
J. The Unclean Spirit's Return (12:43-45)
K. True Relationships (12:46-50)
VII. Parables of the Kingdom (13:1-53)
A. The Parable of the Sower (13:1-9)
B. Why Jesus Used Parables (13:10-16)
C. The Parable of the Sower Explained (13:18-23)
D. The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (13:24-30)
E. The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast (13:31-33)
F. Using Parables Fulfills Prophecy (13:34-35)
G. Interpretation of the Wheat and the Tares (13:36-43)
H. The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Priceless Pearl (13:44-46)
I. The Parable of the Net (13:47-50)
J. Parable of the Head of the House (13:51-53)
VIII. Ministry in Galilee (13:54-16:12)
A. Rejection at Nazareth (13:54-58)
B. John the Baptist Beheaded (14:1-12)
C. Feeding of the Five Thousand (14:13-21)
D. Walking on Water (14:22-33)
E. Healing Many (14:34-36)
F. The Tradition of the Elders (15:1-9)
G. Defilement Is from Within (15:10-20)
H. Jesus Heals the Gentile Woman (15:21-28)
I. Jesus Heals Many (15:29-31)
J. Feeding of the Four Thousand (15:32-39)
K. Debate over a Sign from Heaven (16:1-12)
IX. The Suffering Messiah (16:13-17:27)
A. Peter's Confession of Christ (16:13-20)
B. Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection (16:21-23)
C. Take Up Your Cross (16:24-26)
D. Prophecy of the Second Coming (16:27-28)
E. The Transfiguration (17:1-13)
F. Faith (17:14-21)
G. The Second Prediction of His Death (17:22-27)
X. Instruction in View of Rejection (18:1-20:34)
A. Who Is the Greatest? (18:1-9)
B. The Parable of the Lost Sheep (18:10-14)
C. The Offended Brother (18:15-20)
D. The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave (18:21-35)
E. Instruction about Divorce (19:1-12)
F. Blessing the Children (19:13-15)
G. The Rich Young Ruler (19:16-22)
H. Possessions and the Kingdom (19:23-30)
I. Parable of the Workers (20:1-16)
J. The Third Prediction of His Death (20:17-19)
K. Suffering and Service (20:20-28)
L. Healing of Two Blind Men (20:29-34)
XI. Christ in Jerusalem (21:1-25:46)
A. The Triumphal Entry (21:1-11)
B. Cleansing of the Temple (21:12-17)
C. Cursing the Fig Tree (21:18-22)
D. Question of Jesus' Authority (21:23-27)
E. The Parable of the Two Sons (21:28-32)
F. The Parable of the Vineyard Owner (21:33-46)
G. The Parable of the Wedding Banquet (22:1-14)
H. God and Caesar (22:15-22)
I. Conflict with Sadducees on Resurrection (22:23-33)
J. The Greatest Commandment (22:34-40)
K. Question about the Son of David (22:41-46)
L. Scribes and Pharisees Denounced (23:1-36)
M. Jesus Laments over Jerusalem (23:37-39)
N. Destruction of the Temple Predicted (24:1-2)
O. Signs of the End of the Age (24:3-8)
P. Persecution Predicted (24:9-14)
Q. The Tribulation (24:15-28)
R. The Second Coming (24:29-31)
S. The Parable of the Fig Tree (24:32-35)
T. Illustration of the Days of Noah (24:36-44)
U. The Two Servants (24:45-51)
V. The Parable of the Ten Virgins (25:1-13)
W. The Parable of the Talents (25:14-30)
X. The Sheep and the Goats (25:31-46)
XII. Passion and Death (26:1-27:66)
A. The Religious Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus (26:1-5)
B. The Anointing at Bethany (26:6-16)
C. Preparation for the Passover (26:17-19)
D. The Passover Is Celebrated (26:20-25)
E. The First Lord's Supper (26:26-30)
F. Peter's Denial Is Predicted (26:31-35)
G. Jesus' Prayer in the Garden (26:36-46)
H. Jesus' Betrayal and Arrest (26:47-56)
I. Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin (26:57-68)
J. Peter Denies Christ (26:69-75)
K. Jesus Is Taken to Pilate (27:1-2)
L. Judas Hangs Himself (27:3-10)
M. Jesus Faces Pilate (27:11-14)
N. Barabbas Is Freed (27:15-25)
O. Jesus Is Scourged (27:26-29)
P. Jesus Is Led to Golgotha (27:29-33)
Q. Jesus Is Crucified (27:34-44)
R. The Death of Jesus (27:45-56)
S. The Burial of Jesus (27:57-66)
T. The Empty Tomb (28:1-8)
U. Jesus Appears to the Women (28:9-10)
V. The Soldiers Are Bribed (28:11-15)
W. Jesus Appears to the Disciples (28:16-17)
X. The Great Commission (28:18-20)
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List of Chapters as Bookmarks
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
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The Easy Study Bible
In Diagram Form
Matthew
Chapter One
¹ The record
of the genealogy
of Jesus Christ,
the Son of David,
the Son of Abraham,
From Abraham to David
² Abraham fathered Isaac,
Isaac fathered Jacob,
Jacob fathered Judah
and his brothers.
³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah
by Tamar,
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Ram.
⁴ Ram fathered Amminadab,
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Hahshon fathered Salmon.
⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz
by Rahab,
Boaz fathered Obed
by Ruth,
Obed fathered Jesse.
⁶ Jesse fathered King David.
From David to the Babylonian Exile
David the king
fathered Solomon
by Uriah's wife.
⁷ Solomon fathered Rehoboam,
Rehoboam fathered Abijah,
Abijah fathered Asa.
⁸ Asa fathered Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,
Jora fathered Uzziah.
⁹ Uzziah fathered Jotham,
Jotham fathered Ahaz,
Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,
Manasseh