Matius 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ²  and myrrh. ³ 

Matius 4:24

4:24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People ⁴  brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, ⁵  paralytics, and those possessed by demons, ⁶  and he healed them.

Matius 5:25

5:25 Reach agreement ⁷  quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, ⁸  or he ⁹  may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Matius 6:16

Proper Fasting

6:16 “When ¹⁰  you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive ¹¹  so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, ¹²  they have their reward.

Matius 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ¹³  about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Matius 13:15

13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;

they are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their hearts

and turn, and I would heal them.’ ¹⁴ 

Matius 14:15

14:15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This is an isolated place ¹⁵  and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matius 25:24

25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Matius 27:29

27:29 and after braiding ¹⁶  a crown of thorns, ¹⁷  they put it on his head. They ¹⁸  put a staff ¹⁹  in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: ²⁰  “Hail, king of the Jews!” ²¹ 

[2:11]  ¹ tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[2:11]  ² sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

[2:11]  ³ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.

[4:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “And they”; “they” is probably an indefinite plural, referring to people in general rather than to the Syrians (cf. v. 25).

[4:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “those who were moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).

[4:24]  ⁶ tn The translation has adopted a different phrase order here than that in the Greek text. The Greek text reads, “People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those possessed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics.” Even though it is obvious that four separate groups of people are in view here, following the Greek word order could lead to the misconception that certain people were possessed by epileptics and paralytics. The word order adopted in the translation avoids this problem.

[5:25]  ⁷ tn Grk “Make friends.”

[5:25]  ⁸ tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[5:25]  ⁹ tn Grk “the accuser.”

[6:16]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:16]  ¹¹ tn Here the term “disfigure” used in a number of translations was not used because it could convey to the modern reader the notion of mutilation. L&N 79.17 states, “‘to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly.’ ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ‘for they make their faces unsightly’ Mt 6:16.”

[6:16]  ¹² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[6:25]  ¹³ tn Or “do not be anxious,” and so throughout the rest of this paragraph.

[13:15]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.

[14:15]  ¹⁵ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

[27:29]  ¹⁶ tn Or “weaving.”

[27:29]  ¹⁷ sn The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers were unwittingly symbolizing God’s curse on humanity (cf. Gen 3:18) being placed on Jesus. Their purpose would have been to mock Jesus’ claim to be a king; the crown of thorns would have represented the “radiant corona” portrayed on the heads of rulers on coins and other artifacts in the 1st century.

[27:29]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:29]  ¹⁹ tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.

[27:29]  ²⁰ tn Grk “they mocked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

[27:29]  ²¹ tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”

[27:29]  sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).