Inscribed: "Ask and it will be given to you; Search and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened for you" Matthew 7:7-11 NIV The Gospel according to Matthew, also called the Gospel of Matthew, or simply Matthew, is the first book of the New Testament. The story of who actually wrote Matthew is not clear to us. Most scholars believe the gospel was composed between AD 80 and 90. Matthew goes back to Jesus' origins, showing him as the Son of God from his birth, the fulfillment of messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Made in the USA.