Biblical Theme Map

Biblical Theme Map: Matthew 1–28 (English → Pashto)

Purpose: This document maps Matthew’s own internal theme structure and shows how each of the curriculum’s nine designated doctrines connects outward across the whole canon of Scripture — Old Testament roots, Gospel development, and New Testament (especially Romans) resolution. It is designed to be read alongside 09_cross_reference_analysis.md (which supplies the verse-level citation data) and the baseline Romans Language Package (which supplies the ratified Pashto term inventory this map reuses without alteration).

PART 1 — Matthew’s Structural Theme Architecture

Matthew is organized around five major teaching discourses, each closing with a nearly identical formula (“when Jesus had finished these sayings…”), interwoven with narrative sections that dramatize the discourses’ claims. This alternating structure is itself a teaching resource: it mirrors, on a small scale, the whole Gospel’s larger claim that Jesus is both authoritative teacher (like Moses, only greater) and acting, suffering, rising Redeemer (fulfilling the Prophets and Psalms).

#	Discourse	Chapters	Core Theme	Narrative Bridge Preceding/Following
1	The Sermon on the Mount	5–7	Kingdom righteousness; the Authority of Jesus’ Teaching; Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees	Preceded by the calling of the first disciples (4:18-22) and mass healing (4:23-25); followed by the astonishment formula (7:28-29) and a sequence of authority-demonstrating miracles (Ch. 8–9)
2	The Mission Discourse	10	Mission to the Nations; Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus; Persecution	Preceded by compassion for “harassed and helpless” crowds (9:36); followed by John the Baptist’s question and Jesus’ messianic self-attestation (Ch. 11)
3	The Parables of the Kingdom	13	The Kingdom of Heaven’s hidden, growing, mixed, and surpassingly valuable nature	Preceded by rising opposition and the unpardonable-sin warning (Ch. 12); followed by rejection at Nazareth (13:53-58)
4	The Church Discourse	18	The Church and Church Discipline; humility; forgiveness	Preceded by Peter’s confession and the first Passion prediction (Ch. 16–17); followed by teaching on divorce, wealth, and the cost of following Jesus (Ch. 19–20)
5	The Olivet Discourse	24–25	Judgment and the End of the Age; watchful discipleship pending Christ’s return	Preceded by the Temple confrontation and woes to the Pharisees (Ch. 21–23); followed immediately by the Passion narrative (Ch. 26–28)

Structural inclusio: The Gospel opens (1:23) and closes (28:20) with the identical theological claim — God himself, in Christ, is personally and permanently present with his people (“Immanuel… God with us” / “I am with you always, to the end of the age”). Every theme below should ultimately be taught as radiating outward from, and returning to, this single controlling claim of the divine Son’s abiding presence.

PART 2 — Doctrine-by-Doctrine Theme Map

1. The Kingdom of Heaven

Definition: God’s sovereign, saving reign, breaking into history in and through Jesus, present now in partial, hidden form and consummated fully at Christ’s return.
Matthew’s key passages: 3:2; 4:17,23; 5:3,10,19-20; 6:10,33; Ch. 13 (parables); 18:1-4; 19:14,23-24; 21:31,43; 25:1,34.
OT roots: Daniel 2:44; 7:13-14,27 (an everlasting kingdom given to “one like a son of man” and “the saints of the Most High”); Psalm 145:11-13; 2 Samuel 7:12-16 (the Davidic kingdom promise).
Development across Matthew: Introduced as “at hand” (3:2, 4:17), taught in mystery-parables that its growth is often hidden and gradual (Ch. 13), demonstrated in reversal-of-status form in the Beatitudes (5:3-12), and finally revealed as inaugurated in full authority at the resurrection (28:18, “all authority in heaven and on earth”).
Romans/NT connection: Romans 14:17 (“the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit”); baseline doctrine kingdom_of_god (Medium) and kingdom_mission (Medium).
Canonical trajectory: Eden’s original creation-mandate kingship (Genesis 1:28) → forfeited at the Fall → promised again through Abraham (Genesis 12), Israel (Exodus 19:6, “a kingdom of priests”), and David (2 Samuel 7) → proclaimed present in Christ (Matthew) → currently advancing through the church’s gospel witness (Romans, Matthew 28:18-20) → consummated at Christ’s visible return (Matthew 24–25; Revelation, outside this pipeline’s current scope).
Pashto bridging note (summary): د آسمان پاچاهي must be taught as categorically distinct from any political “Islamic Emirate” state-sovereignty claim in the region’s recent history; it is God’s saving reign advancing through changed hearts and a witnessing church, not a territorial-legal order to be established by force. Risk: Critical (per 08_core_glossary.md New Term #1).

2. Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David

Definition: Jesus is the specific, historical fulfillment of God’s covenant promise to David of an eternal royal heir, and of Israel’s whole messianic hope.
Matthew’s key passages: 1:1,17; 9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 16:16; 20:30-31; 21:9,15; 22:41-46.
OT roots: 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalm 89:3-4,35-37; Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 9:6-7; 11:1-10; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Micah 5:2.
Development across Matthew: Established immediately in the genealogy (Ch. 1), confessed repeatedly by the marginalized and by Gentiles (blind men, the Canaanite woman) before it is confessed by an insider (Peter, Ch. 16), and finally used by Jesus himself to press the deeper point that the Messiah is not only David’s son but David’s Lord (22:41-46, Psalm 110:1).
Romans/NT connection: Romans 1:3-4 (descended from David according to the flesh; declared Son of God in power by the resurrection) makes the identical two-part Davidic-Sonship-and-Lordship argument found in Matthew 22:41-46; baseline doctrines davidic_covenant (High) and messianic_promise (Critical).
Canonical trajectory: Genesis 49:10 (the scepter shall not depart from Judah) → 2 Samuel 7 → the royal Psalms (2, 72, 110) → the prophetic hope of a righteous Davidic Branch (Jeremiah 23:5; Isaiah 11:1) → fulfilled in Jesus (Matthew) → confessed as the basis of the gospel itself (Romans 1:3-4; 15:12, quoting Isaiah 11:10, “the root of Jesse… in him will the Gentiles hope”).
Pashto bridging note (summary): Dawud is a positively-regarded Quranic prophet-king, but the specific claim of an eternal covenant heir fulfilling messianic kingship has no Quranic counterpart; use د داود زوی (title) distinctly from, but doctrinally linked to, د داود نسل (Romans’ lineage phrase). Risk: Critical.

3. Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy

Definition: Jesus is the intended completion — not the cancellation or replacement — of everything written in the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms concerning him.
Matthew’s key passages: 1:22-23; 2:15,17-18,23; 4:14-16; 5:17-18; 8:17; 12:17-21; 13:14-15,35; 21:4-5; 26:54,56; 27:9-10.
OT roots: the entire Hebrew canon, but especially Isaiah (quoted more than any other book), the Psalms, and the Minor Prophets (Hosea, Micah, Zechariah, Malachi).
Development across Matthew: Signaled structurally by roughly twelve explicit “that it might be fulfilled” formula quotations spanning the whole book, and given its programmatic statement at 5:17 (“I have not come to abolish… but to fulfill”).
Romans/NT connection: Romans 3:31 (faith “upholds” rather than overthrows the Law); Romans 15:8-9 (“Christ became a servant… to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy,” itself a chain of OT citations); Romans 1:2 (“the gospel… promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures”). Baseline doctrine fulfillment_of_prophecy (High).
Canonical trajectory: The proto-evangelium (Genesis 3:15) → the Abrahamic and Davidic covenant promises → the Prophets’ repeated forward-pointing hope → fulfilled historically in Christ’s first coming (Matthew) → the church’s ongoing task of proclaiming that fulfillment (Romans 10:14-17) → final consummation at Christ’s return (Matthew 24–25).
Pashto bridging note (summary): This is the doctrine most directly opposed to the naskh (abrogation) framework that is the default local hermeneutical lens; every fulfillment-formula occurrence is an opportunity to reinforce “completion, not cancellation” as Matthew’s own explicit self-understanding (5:17). Risk: High, per baseline.

4. The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching

Definition: Jesus teaches, forgives sin, interprets the Law, and commands obedience with a unique, inherent, self-authenticating authority that exceeds every human religious teacher, including Moses and the recognized religious scholars of his own day.
Matthew’s key passages: 5:1-7:29 (climaxing at 7:28-29); 8:9-10; 9:6,8; 12:8; 21:23-27; 28:18.
OT roots: Deuteronomy 18:15,18 (the promised prophet like Moses); the Sinai lawgiving pattern (Exodus 19-20).
Development across Matthew: Demonstrated first in teaching (Ch. 5-7), then in action (healing, forgiving sin, calming the sea, Ch. 8-9), then defended against direct challenge (21:23-27), and finally declared total and cosmic in scope at the very close of the book (28:18, “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me”).
Romans/NT connection: Romans 1:1-5’s opening self-description of Paul’s own apostolic authority as entirely derivative of, and answerable to, “Jesus Christ our Lord” models the same principle in miniature; baseline doctrine apostleship (High) presupposes exactly this prior, greater authority of Christ himself, which Matthew documents directly.
Canonical trajectory: God’s own spoken authority at creation (Genesis 1) → mediated through Moses at Sinai → mediated partially and imperfectly through Israel’s prophets, priests, and kings → exercised directly and personally by Jesus (Matthew) → delegated to the apostles and the church under Christ (Matthew 16:19, 18:18; Romans throughout) → to be fully and visibly manifest at Christ’s return (Matthew 25:31).
Pashto bridging note (summary): واک must not be flattened to “one legal opinion among several” comparable to a single alim’s fatwa; the contrast with “their scribes” (7:29) is deliberate and total. Risk: High.

5. Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees

Definition: The kingdom demands a righteousness that surpasses external religious performance — a righteousness of the heart, produced by right relationship with God through Christ, not merely careful rule-keeping or ritual observance.
Matthew’s key passages: 5:20,21-48; 6:1-18; 9:13; 12:7; 15:1-20; 23:1-36.
OT roots: 1 Samuel 15:22 (“to obey is better than sacrifice”); Hosea 6:6; Isaiah 29:13 (“this people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me”); Micah 6:6-8.
Development across Matthew: Programmatically stated at 5:20 (“unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven”), illustrated through the Sermon’s antitheses and secret-piety instructions (Ch. 5-6), pressed further in controversy narratives over tradition and defilement (Ch. 15), and culminating in the severe “seven woes” indictment of hollow religious leadership (Ch. 23).
Romans/NT connection: Directly parallels the baseline’s Critical righteousness (صداقت) and imputed_righteousness doctrines — Matthew’s ethical-discipleship sense of righteousness (right living flowing from right relationship) must be held together with, not substituted for, Romans’ forensic sense (right legal standing granted by faith); Romans 2:17-29’s critique of merely external, boastful law-observance closely parallels Matthew 23.
Canonical trajectory: The Law’s own internal critique of merely external obedience (Deuteronomy 10:16, “circumcise your heart”) → the Prophets’ repeated indictment of ritual without justice or mercy (Isaiah 1:10-17; Amos 5:21-24) → Jesus’ fulfillment of true righteousness in his own person and teaching (Matthew) → the gift of righteousness by faith apart from works, producing a life that exceeds mere external conformity (Romans 3-8).
Pashto bridging note (summary): صداقت’s honor-shame bridging note from the baseline (righteousness as honor restored, not merely legal status) directly aids Matthew’s ethical-discipleship extension of the same term; teach both senses as two facets of one reality. Risk: Critical (inherited from baseline صداقت entry).

6. The Church and Church Discipline

Definition: Christ builds a community of disciples — the church — gathered under his authority, marked by mutual accountability, forgiveness, and Spirit-guided communal discernment, not by ritual institution or ethnic-national identity.
Matthew’s key passages: 16:13-20; 18:1-35 (the whole discourse).
OT roots: Deuteronomy 19:15 (two or three witnesses, quoted directly at 18:16); Ezekiel 34 (shepherd/flock imagery); the qahal/assembly of Israel gathered before God (Exodus 19; Deuteronomy 31:30).
Development across Matthew: First named at 16:18 (“on this rock I will build my church”), immediately paired with delegated authority (“keys,” “binding and loosing,” 16:19), then given detailed procedural and pastoral shape in the Church Discourse (Ch. 18) — restoration-focused (18:10-14, the lost sheep), procedurally fair (18:15-17), Christ-centered in its gathered authority (18:18-20), and forgiveness-saturated (18:21-35).
Romans/NT connection: Baseline’s Critical church_as_gods_people doctrine (کلیسا, never امت); Romans 12:3-8’s body-of-Christ imagery and mutual-member interdependence extends Matthew’s church vision into practical congregational life; Romans 14-15’s handling of disputable matters within the church models the same restorative, patient community-discipline spirit as Matthew 18.
Canonical trajectory: Israel as God’s covenant assembly (qahal, Exodus-Deuteronomy) → its repeated failure and scattering under unfaithful leadership (Ezekiel 34; the vineyard parable, Matthew 21:33-41) → reconstituted around Christ as the true cornerstone (Matthew 16:18, 21:42; Psalm 118:22) → extended to all nations (Matthew 28:19; Romans 15:8-12) → gathered now, often in dispersed and persecuted form, awaiting final consummation.
Pashto bridging note (summary): Given the near-total absence of legal/public space for church gathering in much of the Pashto-speaking world, this doctrine’s Matthew 18 procedures should be taught with a small, secret, house-church-sized congregation explicitly in view, not a large public institution. Risk: Critical (inherited from baseline کلیسا entry; compounded by new term “Keys/Binding and Loosing,” also Critical).

7. The Great Commission

Definition: The risen Christ, possessing all authority, sends his disciples to make disciples of every people group without exception, baptizing and teaching them, promising his own abiding presence until history’s consummation.
Matthew’s key passages: 28:16-20 (the whole passage); anticipated at 24:14; 10:1-42 (the earlier, more limited mission discourse).
OT roots: Genesis 12:3 (“in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed”); Isaiah 49:6 (“a light for the nations”); Psalm 96:3 (“declare his glory among the nations”); Deuteronomy 31:7-8/Joshua 1:1-9 (commissioning pattern).
Development across Matthew: A limited, Israel-focused mission is given first (10:5-6, “go nowhere among the Gentiles… but rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel”), progressively widened through Gentile-faith episodes (8:5-13; 15:21-28), until the final commission removes all limitation (“all nations,” 28:19) — a deliberate narrative arc from restriction to universal scope.
Romans/NT connection: Baseline’s Critical mission_to_nations and evangelism doctrines; Romans 1:5 (“to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations”); Romans 10:14-15 (“how are they to hear without someone preaching?… as it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!’” citing Isaiah 52:7); Romans 15:20-24 (Paul’s own missionary ambition to reach unreached peoples).
Canonical trajectory: God’s original intention to bless all nations through Abraham’s seed (Genesis 12:3) → narrowed temporarily to Israel under the Law → reopened explicitly in Christ’s commission (Matthew 28) → carried out through the apostolic mission (Romans) → to be completed before the end comes (Matthew 24:14).
Pashto bridging note (summary): “All nations” (ټول قومونه) must never be rendered with the baseline’s غیر یهودیان (which would wrongly exclude Jewish people from the Commission’s object). Given the severe legal and physical risk of open evangelism in Taliban-controlled and similarly restrictive areas, this doctrine requires the same acute pastoral and security-aware handling the baseline already mandates for evangelism. Risk: Critical.

8. Judgment and the End of the Age

Definition: History is moving toward a definite conclusion at which the returning Son of Man will judge all people according to their relationship to him, vindicating the faithful and condemning the unrepentant, with no further opportunity for repentance afterward.
Matthew’s key passages: 7:21-23; 13:36-43,47-50; 16:27; Ch. 24-25 (the whole Olivet Discourse and its parables).
OT roots: Daniel 7:9-14,26-27 (the Ancient of Days, the Son of Man, the judgment scene); Daniel 12:1-3 (resurrection to life or shame); Isaiah 13:9-13; Joel 2:28-32; Malachi 4:1-3.
Development across Matthew: Anticipated throughout in warning form (the narrow gate, 7:13-14; the wheat and tares, 13:24-30,36-43), given its fullest exposition in the Olivet Discourse’s signs, parables of watchfulness (ten virgins, talents), and climactic sheep-and-goats judgment scene (25:31-46).
Romans/NT connection: Baseline’s High assurance_of_salvation doctrine (Romans 8:1, “no condemnation”) stands in careful, deliberate tension with Matthew’s judgment warnings — both must be held together: assurance for those genuinely in Christ, real warning against false or merely nominal profession; Romans 2:5-11 (“he will render to each one according to his works… but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good”) makes the identical works-as-evidence-not-basis move found in Matthew 25.
Canonical trajectory: The Fall’s introduction of death and judgment (Genesis 3) → the Flood as a historical type of decisive judgment (Genesis 6-9, echoed at Matthew 24:37-39) → the Prophets’ “Day of the LORD” oracles → Daniel’s apocalyptic Son of Man and judgment scene → fulfilled in principle at the cross and resurrection, and to be consummated visibly at Christ’s return (Matthew 24-25) → final resolution (Revelation, outside this pipeline’s current scope).
Pashto bridging note (summary): Prefer descriptive Pashto renderings (د پرېکړې ورځ / د محکمې ورځ) over قیامت as the primary written term, to avoid importing the full Sunni eschatological architecture (Mizan, Sirat, extensive intercession) as the interpretive default; teach the specific criterion of relationship to Christ explicitly. Risk: Critical.

9. Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus

Definition: Following Jesus requires total, costly, life-reordering allegiance — surpassing family loyalty, personal safety, and material security — motivated by love for him and confidence in his Father’s care, not by merit-earning or by loyalty to any rival code of honor or obedience.
Matthew’s key passages: 4:18-22; 8:18-22; 10:34-39; 16:24-26; 19:16-30; 20:20-28.
OT roots: Genesis 12:1 (Abraham’s costly call to leave his land, kindred, and father’s house); 1 Kings 19:19-21 (Elisha’s costly, immediate response to Elijah’s call); the Servant’s own path of obedient suffering (Isaiah 53).
Development across Matthew: Modeled first in the immediate, costly response of the first disciples (4:18-22, leaving nets and family), intensified through hard sayings about family division (10:34-37) and cross-bearing (10:38; 16:24), tested directly against wealth and status (19:16-30’s rich young man; 20:20-28’s request for honor), and grounded finally in Christ’s own example of self-giving service (“the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many,” 20:28).
Romans/NT connection: Baseline’s High obedience_of_faith doctrine — discipleship’s obedience flows from faith and love, not from allegiance to a rival honor-code (Pashtunwali’s nang) or a merit-earning system; Romans 12:1-2 (“present your bodies as a living sacrifice… be transformed”) is the Pauline equivalent summary of whole-life discipleship; Romans 8:35-39’s list of dangers disciples may face (tribulation, distress, persecution, sword) directly parallels Matthew 10’s mission-discourse warnings.
Canonical trajectory: Abraham’s paradigmatic costly call and obedience (Genesis 12, 22) → Israel’s call to wholehearted covenant loyalty (Deuteronomy 6:5, quoted at Matthew 22:37) → the prophets’ own costly, often persecuted obedience (Matthew 5:12; 23:29-37) → Christ’s own perfect, costly obedience unto death (Matthew 26-27; Romans 5:19) → the pattern now required of every disciple (Matthew 10, 16; Romans 12).
Pashto bridging note (summary): بدله (reward) must be taught as Father-given grace, not badal-style owed wages; صلیب (cross) must connect the metaphorical cost-of-discipleship sense to the literal historical crucifixion so the metaphor’s force is not lost; given the readership’s real persecution risk, this doctrine is not abstract theology but lived pastoral counsel. Risk: Critical/High (composite; inherits Critical status from صلیب and بدله’s High risk, per 08_core_glossary.md).

PART 3 — Cross-Curriculum Theme Connections (Matthew ↔ Romans)

Matthew Doctrine	Romans Doctrine (Baseline)	Nature of Connection
Kingdom of Heaven	Kingdom Mission (`kingdom_of_god`)	Matthew narrates the kingdom’s inaugural proclamation and parabolic explanation; Romans describes its present ethical character (“righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit,” 14:17) and ongoing advance.
Jesus as Messiah and Son of David	Messianic Promise; Davidic Covenant	Matthew documents the fulfillment narrative in full; Romans 1:3-4 and 15:8-12 supply the compact doctrinal summary and its implication for Jew-Gentile unity.
Fulfillment of OT Prophecy	Fulfillment of Prophecy	Nearly identical doctrine in both curricula; Matthew supplies the dense concentration of specific fulfillment-formula texts, Romans the theological principle (3:31; 15:4).
Authority of Jesus’ Teaching	Apostleship; Lordship of Christ	Matthew grounds all derivative apostolic/church authority (including Romans’ own claims) in Christ’s own prior, total authority (28:18).
Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees	Righteousness; Imputed Righteousness	Matthew’s ethical-relational sense and Romans’ forensic-legal sense are two facets of a single صداقت word-family; must be taught together, not as competing definitions.
The Church and Church Discipline	Church as God’s People	Matthew supplies founding narrative and procedural detail (Ch. 16, 18); Romans supplies practical congregational-life outworking (Ch. 12, 14-16).
The Great Commission	Mission to the Nations; Evangelism; Universal Scope of the Gospel	Matthew 28 is the commissioning text; Romans is a sustained example of the commission being carried out and theologically defended.
Judgment and the End of the Age	Assurance of Salvation; Providence	Deliberate tension to be taught together: real warning (Matthew) held alongside real assurance for genuine faith (Romans 8), both resolved by the same criterion — authentic relationship to Christ, evidenced by fruit.
Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus	Obedience of Faith; Grace	Matthew dramatizes costly discipleship narratively; Romans supplies its doctrinal grounding (obedience as faith’s fruit, not a rival merit or honor system).

PART 4 — The Whole-Canon Arc Behind Matthew’s Themes

For teaching purposes, Matthew’s nine curriculum doctrines can be located on a single whole-Bible redemptive-historical arc, useful for orienting a readership whose culture organizes authoritative religious history primarily around a single, later, final revelation (the Qur’an) rather than a long unfolding canonical story:

Creation and Kingship intended (Genesis 1-2) — humanity made to reign under God.
Fall and promise (Genesis 3) — sin enters, but a redeemer is promised (3:15).
Covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12, 15, 17) — blessing for all nations promised through one family (cf. Matthew 1:1, 8:11).
Covenant with Israel at Sinai (Exodus 19-24) — the Law given, a kingdom of priests called (cf. Matthew 5:17-48).
Covenant with David (2 Samuel 7) — an eternal royal house promised (cf. Matthew 1:1, 22:41-46).
The Prophets’ forward-pointing hope and warning — a coming Servant-King, a new covenant, a purified and gathered people, and a coming Day of Judgment (cf. Matthew’s fulfillment-formula quotations throughout).
Fulfillment in Christ (Matthew, and the Gospels generally) — the promised King/Servant/Son arrives, teaches with ultimate authority, dies as a ransom, and rises bodily.
The Church’s mission age (Matthew 28; Romans) — the gospel proclaimed to all nations, the church gathered and disciplined under Christ, awaiting his return.
Consummation (Matthew 24-25, and beyond the current curriculum scope) — Christ’s visible return, final judgment, and the full establishment of God’s kingdom.

Every doctrine mapped in Part 2 above can be located at, and is best taught with explicit reference to, its place on this arc — helping this readership see Matthew not as an isolated document but as the deliberate historical and theological hinge-point of a single, coherent, centuries-long divine narrative that both fulfills the Hebrew Scriptures and grounds everything taught in the companion Romans curriculum.

Coverage Confirmation

This theme map addresses all nine curriculum-designated doctrines (The Kingdom of Heaven; Jesus as the Promised Messiah and Son of David; Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy; The Authority of Jesus’ Teaching; Righteousness Exceeding the Pharisees; The Church and Church Discipline; The Great Commission; Judgment and the End of the Age; Discipleship and the Cost of Following Jesus), each traced through Matthew’s full 1–28 chapter span, with explicit Old Testament roots and New Testament (particularly Romans) resolution, consistent with the full-book-coverage mandate.

This document extends, and does not contradict, the baseline Romans Language Package, the Matthew 07_semantic_analysis.md, 08_core_glossary.md, and 09_cross_reference_analysis.md artifacts. It must be loaded alongside those documents for Phase 2 Matthew segment translation planning.

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