Easy-to-use, nine-session Bible study on Matthew's Gospel that will guide your head and your heart through God's word. Best-selling Bible study guides with over 1 million sold!
Part of the Good Book Guides series.
In this nine-session Bible study, Tim Chester opens up Matthew's Gospel, showing the wonder of Jesus as our Saviour-King.
Each session will draw you to look closely at the Bible text and apply it meaningfully to your everyday life. The guide includes questions that open up discussion, optional personal reflections and a concise Leader’s Guide.
Flexible and easy to use, Good Book Guides are perfect for both groups and individuals.
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"The Good Book Guides are easily the most consistently faithful and helpful small-group workbooks available.” Adrian Reynolds, Director of the Proclamation Trust
"God-centered, application-oriented, and driven by the text throughout, this resource is a gift to God’s church." Matt Smethurst, lead pastor of River City Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, editor at The Gospel Coalition, and author.
Introduction
Why Study Matthew?
1. The Promised One (1:1 – 2:12)
2. The King Wins for Us (3:1 – 4:11)
3. The Renewed Life (5:1-12, 17-48)
4. The King's Authority (8:23 – 9:8; 10:1-31)
5. The Kingdom Resisted (12:1-14; 13:24-46)
6. Peter's Hits and Misses (14:22-36; 16:13-28)
7. The First, Last and the Last, First (20:1-16; 21:1-32)
8. The Death of the King (26:31-56; 27:32-54)
9. The King Lives (28:1-10, 16-20)
Leader’s Guide
| Contributors | Tim Chester |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781784984977 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | November 2025 |
| Dimensions | 140mm x 210mm x 6mm |
| Weight | 0.15 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 128 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
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This is a verse-by-verse study on the book of Matthew’s gospel. Each of the 7 sessions has the following format as well as a dictionary for some of the key words.
Talkabout: ice breaker for groups or getting your thoughts going if doing alone
Investigate: explore the passage
Apply: practical questions
Explore more: go deeper
Getting Personal: personal reflection
Pray: prayer
There’s a leader’s guide in the second half of the book to facilitate group discussions. There’s also a timeline at the beginning as well as some context for why to study Matthew’s gospel.
This is a clear and concise study guide. It offers very little commentary or context, but can be used as a companion to the commentary “Matthew for You”. I do appreciate the separation of these as I can tend to focus more easily on the commentary than the actual verses when they are together. This study allows me to wrestle with Scripture on my own before immediately turning to a commentary. I think this approach helps me to actually learn better than reading the verses with the commentary before approaching the questions.
I enjoy the simplicity to the study guide with how each session is laid out. It can easily be done on its own for individual study, but is also set up to be great for groups. The leader’s guide in the back equips even the most inexperienced leader to do well. These are targeted for adults, but I am even thinking about using them in our homeschooling in our preteen/teen years with the kids.
I received a complimentary copy as a reviewer and all opinions shared are my own.
