Matius 1:25

1:25 but did not have marital relations ¹  with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named ²  Jesus.

Matius 3:14

3:14 But John ³  tried to prevent ⁴  him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

Matius 5:11

5:11 “Blessed are you when people ⁵  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ⁶  on account of me.

Matius 6:12

6:12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves ⁷  have forgiven our debtors.

Matius 10:17

10:17 Beware ⁸  of people, because they will hand you over to councils ⁹  and flog ¹⁰  you in their synagogues. ¹¹ 

Matius 11:2

Jesus and John the Baptist

11:2 Now when John ¹²  heard in prison about the deeds Christ ¹³  had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question: ¹⁴ 

Matius 11:4

11:4 Jesus answered them, ¹⁵  “Go tell John what you hear and see: ¹⁶ 

Matius 12:12

12:12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Matius 13:49

13:49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

Matius 15:19

15:19 For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Matius 18:24

18:24 As ¹⁷  he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents ¹⁸  was brought to him.

Matius 18:31

18:31 When ¹⁹  his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

Matius 20:32

20:32 Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”

Matius 21:3

21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ²⁰  and he will send them at once.”

Matius 21:40

21:40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matius 22:5

22:5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Matius 24:20

24:20 Pray ²¹  that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

Matius 25:33

25:33 He ²²  will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

Matius 25:46

25:46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matius 26:5

26:5 But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” ²³ 

Matius 26:54

26:54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

[1:25]  ¹ tn Or “did not have sexual relations”; Grk “was not knowing her.” The verb “know” (in both Hebrew and Greek) is a frequent biblical euphemism for sexual relations. However, a translation like “did not have sexual relations with her” is too graphic in light of the popularity and wide use of Matthew’s infancy narrative. Thus the somewhat more subdued but still clear “did not have marital relations” was selected.

[1:25]  ² tn Grk “and he called his name Jesus.” The coordinate clause has been translated as a relative clause in English for stylistic reasons.

[3:14]  ³ tc ‡ The earliest mss (א* B sa) lack the name of John here (“but he tried to prevent him,” instead of “but John tried to prevent him”). It is, however, clearly implied (and is thus supplied in translation). Although the longer reading has excellent support (Ì⁹⁶ א¹ C D^s L W 0233 0250 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat[t] sy mae bo), it looks to be a motivated and predictable reading: Scribes apparently could not resist adding this clarification.

[3:14]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verb has been translated conatively.

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

[5:11]  ⁶ tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.

[6:12]  ⁷ tn Or “as even we.” The phrase ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς (Jw" kai Jhmei") makes ἡμεῖς emphatic. The translation above adds an appropriate emphasis to the passage.

[10:17]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:17]  ⁹ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[10:17]  ¹⁰ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[10:17]  ¹¹ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[11:2]  ¹² sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[11:2]  ¹³ tc The Western codex D and a few other mss (0233 1424 al) read “Jesus” here instead of “Christ.” This is not likely to be original because it is not found in the earliest and most important mss, nor in the rest of the ms tradition.

[11:2]  tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[11:2]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.

[11:2]  ¹⁴ tc Instead of “by his disciples” (see the tn below for the reading of the Greek), the majority of later mss (C³ L ˹ Ï lat bo) have “two of his disciples.” The difference in Greek, however, is only two letters: διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ vs. δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ (dia twn maqhtwn autou vs. duo twn maqhtwn autou). Although an accidental alteration could account for either of these readings, it is more likely that δύο is an assimilation to the parallel in Luke 7:18. Further, διά is read by a good number of early and excellent witnesses (א B C* D P W Z Δ Θ 0233 ˹³ 33 sa), and thus should be considered original.

[11:2]  tn Grk “sending by his disciples he said to him.” The words “a question” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[11:4]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[11:4]  ¹⁶ sn What you hear and see. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

[18:24]  ¹⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:24]  ¹⁸ sn A talent was a huge sum of money, equal to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was the usual day’s wage for a worker. L&N 6.82 states, “a Greek monetary unit (also a unit of weight) with a value which fluctuated, depending upon the particular monetary system which prevailed at a particular period of time (a silver talent was worth approximately six thousand denarii with gold talents worth at least thirty times that much).”

[18:31]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Therefore when.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[21:3]  ²⁰ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[24:20]  ²¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:33]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:5]  ²³ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him.