This volume covers Christ's authority displayed over disease, demons, nature, and death, the call of Matthew, the sending of the Twelve with instruction about opposition, the questions raised by John the Baptist, the controversy over the Sabbath and the unforgivable sin, the parables of the kingdom, the rejection at Nazareth, and the feeding of the five thousand.

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.