This volume runs from Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi and the first clear prediction of the cross through the transfiguration, the teaching on humility, offenses, and church discipline, the discussions of divorce, riches, and greatness, the triumphal entry and cleansing of the temple, and the sustained denunciation of scribal hypocrisy in chapter twenty-three.

Each volume in the MacArthur New Testament Commentary works verse by verse through the Greek text, explains the passage in its context, and presents its theology with precision, in the service of expository preaching rather than academic debate. The series is written for pastors preparing sermons, teachers preparing lessons, and any believer willing to study carefully, and it is the fruit of more than five decades of pulpit ministry at Grace Community Church.