Matius 12:30

12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, ¹  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ² 

Matius 13:20

13:20 The ³  seed sown on rocky ground ⁴  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Matius 19:22

19:22 But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ⁵ 

Matius 28:12

28:12 After ⁶  they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

[12:30]  ¹ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

[12:30]  ² sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

[13:20]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one.” The next two statements like this one have this same syntactical structure.

[19:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “he had many possessions.” This term (κτῆμα, kthma) is often used for land as a possession.

[28:12]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.