We're doing this because Matthew wanted us to.

I've been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn't say anything, literally.

We're sandwiched between Matthew 22 and Matthew 28,

I would like to give that to Matthew as a gift.

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

Do you understand the stakes involved?” “Other than the financial ones?” “What other kind of stakes could there be?” Matthew sent him a sardonic glance. “Your daughter’s heart. Her future happiness. Her—” “Bah! People don’t marry to be happy. Or if they do, they soon discover it’s hog-swill.” Despite his black mood, Matthew smiled slightly. “If you’re hoping to inspire me in the direction of wedlock,” he said, “it’s not working.

This isn’t the medieval era, my lord. I’ll be damned if I need to put on a dog-and-pony show with a peer as part of a business deal.” “Speaking as the other half of the dog-and-pony show,” Westcliff said sardonically, “I’m not fond of the idea either.

The best kinds of families try to stop a train wreck - but if they can't, they still show up to give first aid to the walking wounded.

As he looked around the huge ducal bed,he saw everything that meant the world to him.Outside the sky was darkening and the snow was falling. Through mistyeyes, Matthew looked up, saw the moon glowing brilliantly and whispered,“thank you.”It was simple, but heartfelt. Never had a man been more grateful than thatvery moment when everything was utter perfection. With his family and his wifepressed up against him.

Modern Christians who find Matthew's preoccupation with [Judaism] tedious and even distasteful, should realise that they live in a very different world from that of early Christians, for whom the 'Jewishness' of Jesus and his church was not just a matter of historical interest but an existential concern crying out for answers, answers which Matthew's gospel offered to provide.