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Matthew uses words and expressions which convey the message of The Kingdom.

Matthew is the first book in the NT, and it flows from the OT idea of The Kingdom. But the Kingdom in The OT was centered in a natural environment. While The Kingdom of Heaven is more centered in Heaven and a Spirit Led environment.

“The kingdom of heaven”, which occurs thirty-two times, and not once in any other Gospel; “Father in heaven”, which occurs fifteen times in Matthew, only twice in Mark; “son of David”, ten times in Matthew, three in Mark, and three in Luke; “the end of the age”, only in Matthew; “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken”, nine times in Matthew, and nowhere else; “that which was spoken”, or “it was spoken”, fourteen times in Matthew, and nowhere else.† Altogether, Matthew has sixty references to the Old Testament, for the Law and the Prophets were fulfilled in the coming of the Messiah. The verb rheo occurs twenty times in Matthew (fourteen times of the prophets, and six times in the Sermon on the Mount, “say”, Matt. 5:21, 27, 31, 33, 38, 43).            From "The Companion Bible" introduction to Matthew