preach

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Matthew has a particular audience in mind and a specific message he wants to preach which is decidedly different from Luke's audience and message.

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  1. transitive verb To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.
  2. transitive verb To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
  3. transitive verb To deliver (a sermon).

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sermon ·  teach ·  preacher ·  prayer ·  ministry ·  precept ·  worship ·  gospel ·  devotion ·  apostle ·  creed ·  discipline

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preach:   preaching ·  preached ·  preaches
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  1. Middle English prechen, from Old French preechier, from Late Latin praedicāre, from Latin, to proclaim : prae-, pre- + dicāre, to proclaim; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English prechen, from Old French precher, prechier, precher, preecher, preescher, preeschier, French prêcher = Provencal predicar, prezicar = Spanish predicar = Portuguese pregar = Italian predicare = Anglo-Saxon predician = Old Saxon predicōn = Dutch prediken = Middle Low German prediken, predigen = Old High German predigōn, bredigōn, Middle High German bredigen, German predigen = Icelandic prēdika = Sw. predīka = Danish prædike, præke, preach, from Latin prædicare, declare in public, publish, proclaim, Late Latin and Middle Latin preach, from præ, before, + dicare, declare, proclaim, from dicere, say, tell: see diction, and cf. predicate.
  2. from Old French preche, French prêche, a preaching; from the verb.
 

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