The Gospel of Matthew, Luke, and John are the synoptic Gospels.

Jesus Christ came to proclaim the good news only to those who were poor, hungry, sick, lonely, homeless, or treated unfairly.

In the teachings of the New Testament, Jesus calls us to love one another in the same way that he loves us.

The major theme of Matthew’s Gospel is that Jesus Christ is the Word of God who became a human being and lived among us.

The word ______________ means a viewing together.

The word ______________ means good news.

The four Gospels found in the ______________ are the most important written accounts of Jesus that we have.

A ______________ is a short story with a message.

About thirty years after Jesus Christ’s death and Resurrection, a Christian disciple known as ______________ wrote the synoptic Gospel considered to be the first of the four Gospels.

The parables about the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son are parables about God’s ______________ and ______________ toward humankind.

The truth that the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, became man and lived among us is called the ______________.

In Matthew’s Gospel, because Jesus teaches people how to follow God’s laws in the “Sermon on the Mount” Jesus is shown to be a “new ______________.”

The ______________ is the Son of God, the most complete expression of God’s word.

Is the only Gospel that includes Jesus’ parables about the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son

Highlights Jesus’ Jewish heritage

Is the shortest of the four Gospels

Contains much poetic language and imagery