Matius 4:21

4:21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat ¹  with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then ²  he called them.

Matius 5:30

5:30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

Matius 6:24

6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate ³  the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise ⁴  the other. You cannot serve God and money. ⁵ 

Matius 8:32

8:32 And he said, ⁶  “Go!” So ⁷  they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Matius 9:9

The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners

9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. ⁸  “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Matius 9:17

9:17 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; ⁹  otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins ¹⁰  and both are preserved.”

Matius 10:2

10:2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: ¹¹  first, Simon ¹²  (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

Matius 10:28

10:28 Do ¹³  not be afraid of those who kill the body ¹⁴  but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ¹⁵ 

Matius 11:25

Jesus’ Invitation

11:25 At that time Jesus said, ¹⁶  “I praise ¹⁷  you, Father, Lord ¹⁸  of heaven and earth, because ¹⁹  you have hidden these things from the wise ²⁰  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

Matius 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke ²¹  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matius 13:22

13:22 The ²²  seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth ²³  choke the word, ²⁴  so it produces nothing.

Matius 13:44

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Matius 13:54

13:54 Then ²⁵  he came to his hometown ²⁶  and began to teach the people ²⁷  in their synagogue. ²⁸  They ²⁹  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matius 19:21

19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money ³⁰  to the poor, and you will have treasure ³¹  in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Matius 21:15

21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law ³²  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, ³³  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Matius 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ³⁴  entered the temple courts, ³⁵  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ³⁶  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matius 23:15

23:15 “Woe to you, experts in the law ³⁷  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, ³⁸  and when you get one, ³⁹  you make him twice as much a child of hell ⁴⁰  as yourselves!

Matius 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ⁴¹  after the suffering ⁴²  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ⁴³ 

Matius 26:45

26:45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matius 27:29

27:29 and after braiding ⁴⁴  a crown of thorns, ⁴⁵  they put it on his head. They ⁴⁶  put a staff ⁴⁷  in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: ⁴⁸  “Hail, king of the Jews!” ⁴⁹ 

[4:21]  ¹ tn Or “their boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do here); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats), while Matthew does not.

[4:21]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[6:24]  ³ sn The contrast between hate and love here is rhetorical. The point is that one will choose the favorite if a choice has to be made.

[6:24]  ⁴ tn Or “and treat [the other] with contempt.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “God and mammon.”

[6:24]  sn The term money is used to translate mammon, the Aramaic term for wealth or possessions. The point is not that money is inherently evil, but that it is often misused so that it is a means of evil; see 1 Tim 6:6-10, 17-19. God must be first, not money or possessions.

[8:32]  ⁶ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[8:32]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.

[9:9]  ⁸ tn While “tax office” is sometimes given as a translation for τελώνιον (telwnion, so L&N 57.183), this could give the modern reader a false impression of an indoor office with all its associated furnishings.

[9:9]  sn The tax booth was a booth located on the edge of a city or town to collect taxes for trade. There was a tax booth in Capernaum, which was on the trade route from Damascus to Galilee and the Mediterranean. The “taxes” were collected on produce and goods brought into the area for sale, and were a sort of “sales tax” paid by the seller but obviously passed on to the purchaser in the form of increased prices (L&N 57.183). It was here that Jesus met Matthew (also named Levi [see Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27]) who was ultimately employed by the Romans, though perhaps more directly responsible to Herod Antipas. It was his job to collect taxes for Rome and he was thus despised by Jews who undoubtedly regarded him as a traitor.

[9:17]  ⁹ sn Wineskins were bags made of skin or leather, used for storing wine in NT times. As the new wine fermented and expanded, it would stretch the new wineskins. Putting new (unfermented) wine in old wineskins, which had already been stretched, would result in the bursting of the wineskins.

[9:17]  ¹⁰ sn The meaning of the saying new wine into new wineskins is that the presence and teaching of Jesus was something new and signaled the passing of the old. It could not be confined within the old religion of Judaism, but involved the inauguration and consummation of the kingdom of God.

[10:2]  ¹¹ sn The term apostles is rare in the gospels, found only here, Mark 3:14, and six more times in Luke (6:13; 9:10; 11:49; 17:5; 22:14; 24:10).

[10:2]  ¹² sn In the various lists of the twelve, Simon (that is, Peter) is always mentioned first (see also Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:13-16; Acts 1:13) and the first four are always the same, though not in the same order after Peter.

[10:28]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[10:28]  ¹⁴ sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.

[10:28]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

[11:25]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “At that time, answering, Jesus said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[11:25]  ¹⁷ tn Or “thank.”

[11:25]  ¹⁸ sn The title Lord is an important name for God, showing his sovereignty, but it is interesting that it comes next to a reference to the Father, a term indicative of God’s care. The two concepts are often related in the NT; see Eph 1:3-6.

[11:25]  ¹⁹ tn Or “that.”

[11:25]  ²⁰ sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31.

[11:29]  ²¹ sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restrictions that a teacher or rabbi would place on his followers.

[13:22]  ²² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:22]  ²³ tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

[13:22]  ²⁴ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.

[13:54]  ²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

[13:54]  ²⁶ sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

[13:54]  ²⁷ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:54]  ²⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

[13:54]  ²⁹ tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

[19:21]  ³⁰ tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[19:21]  ³¹ sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: You will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.

[21:15]  ³² tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[21:15]  ³³ tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[21:23]  ³⁴ tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ³⁵ tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ³⁶ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

[23:15]  ³⁷ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:15]  ³⁸ tn Or “one proselyte.”

[23:15]  ³⁹ tn Grk “when he becomes [one].”

[23:15]  ⁴⁰ tn Grk “a son of Gehenna.” Expressions constructed with υἱός (Juios) followed by a genitive of class or kind denote a person belonging to the class or kind specified by the following genitive (L&N 9.4). Thus the phrase here means “a person who belongs to hell.”

[23:15]  sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

[24:29]  ⁴¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁴² tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ⁴³ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[27:29]  ⁴⁴ tn Or “weaving.”

[27:29]  ⁴⁵ 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]  ⁴⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:29]  ⁴⁷ tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.

[27:29]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “they mocked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

[27:29]  ⁴⁹ 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!”).