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Summary: Sermon preached September 30, 1526, on Matthew 22:34-46 (Jesus in Temple during Passion Week).

Summary: Sermon preached July 27, 1522, on Matthew 5:20ff. (Unless your righteousness is greater than that of the Pharisees, etc,.).

Summary: This is the first printing of Luther's sermon preached June 29th, 1519, at the Leipzig Disputation, on text: Matthew 16: 13-19 (Peter's Great Confession, and the presentation of the Keys). The woodcut on the title page is the earliest known portrait of Luther.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

Summary: Sermon preached August 10, 1522, on Matthew 7:15-23 (Beware of False Prophets).

Summary: Third printing of a sermon by Martin Luther contrasting the respective powers of Christ and Herod, whereby the latter is associated with papal authority.

Summary: Sermon preached in Erfurt, October 21, 1522, on Matthew 25:1ff. (Wise and Foolish Virgins).

Summary: Sermon preached November 1, 1523, on Matthew 18:23-35 (the parable of the forgiven debtor who was unforgiving).

Summary: One sermon expanded by G. Rörer into two, preached February 18, 1537, on text: Matthew IV, 1-11. The subjects are Temptation, and Last Things.

A leaf from an epistolary featuring musical annotation and the text of Matthew 27:60-64.

A vellum leaf containing the text of Matthew 2:1-11 and featuring decorative initial letters.

A vellum leaf containing the text of Matthew 5-7, written in Gothic script.

A woodcut border to Mensing's Von dem Testament Christi vnsers Herren vnd Seligmachers : Dem Hochlöblichen Adell ym landt zu Sachsen, sampt alle[n] Christglewbigen, Deutscher Nation, tzugutt geschriben vnd auszgangen, beweret mit Götlicher schrifft, tröstlich zu lesen printed in 1526. The border is composed of four woodcuts depicting the symbols of the four Gospels (corners), Apostle Peter (top), Apostle Paul (bottom), and the four "Great Western Fathers" of the church, Pope Gregory I, Saint Jerome, Saint Ambrose, and Saint Augustine (sides).

A woodcut border to Luther's Ain lectio[n] wider die Rottengayster, vn[d] wie sich weltlich oberkayt halte[n] sol, : Auss der ersten epistel S. Pauli zuo Timotheo, an freytag nach Oculi printed in 1525.

A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) taking a bishop by the hand and leading him from his pasture and flock. The Bishop holds a crosier, while an hourglass rests in the bottom left corner. The woodcut is accompanied by verses from Matthew 26 and Mark 14 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a canon holding an hourglass as he is led into a building by a skeleton, representing Death. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Matthew 26 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) tugging at a fleeing peddler. A lion stands at the feet of the peddler, looking away. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Matthew 11 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) fighting a demon over one of three gamblers at a table. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Matthew 16 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) leading a blind man by his cane. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Matthew 15 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).

A woodcut depicting Jesus siting on the earth, surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, for the last judgment. The woodcut is accompanied by verses from Romans 14 and Matthew 28 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).