Matius 14:4
14:4 because John had repeatedly told
1 him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
2
Matius 15:8
15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart 3 is far from me,
Matius 25:13
25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.
4
1 tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.
2 sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.
3 tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.
4 tc Most later mss (C3 Ë13 1424c Ï) also read here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |h Jo Juio" tou anqrwpou ercetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses ({Ì35 א A B C* D L W Δ Θ Ë1 33 565 892 1424* lat co}) lack this phrase.