Matius 1:23

1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him ¹  Emmanuel,” ²  which means ³  “God with us.” ⁴ 

Matius 2:12

2:12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, ⁵  they went back by another route to their own country.

Matius 6:28

6:28 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers ⁶  of the field grow; they do not work ⁷  or spin.

Matius 8:3

8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched ⁸  him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matius 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ⁹  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matius 25:22

25:22 The ¹⁰  one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

Matius 27:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

27:1 When ¹¹  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

[1:23]  ¹ tn Grk “they will call his name.”

[1:23]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 7:14.

[1:23]  ³ tn Grk “is translated.”

[1:23]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Isa 8:8, 10 (LXX).

[2:12]  ⁵ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[6:28]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

[6:28]  ⁷ tn Or, traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English reads better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.

[8:3]  ⁸ sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).

[20:1]  ⁹ sn The term landowner here refers to the owner and manager of a household.

[25:22]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:1]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.