Matius 11:10

11:10 This is the one about whom it is written:

‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, ¹ 

who will prepare your way before you.’ ² 

Matius 25:22

25:22 The ³  one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

[11:10]  ¹ tn Grk “before your face” (an idiom).

[11:10]  ² sn The quotation is primarily from Mal 3:1 with pronouns from Exod 23:20. Here is the forerunner who points the way to the arrival of God’s salvation. His job is to prepare and guide the people, as the cloud did for Israel in the desert.

[25:22]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.