Matius 5:36-37

5:36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 5:37 Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one. ¹ 

Matius 5:46

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors ²  do the same, don’t they?

Matius 6:14-15

6:14 “For if you forgive others ³  their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 6:15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

Matius 6:29

6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

Matius 8:24

8:24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Matius 8:27

8:27 And the men ⁴  were amazed and said, ⁵  “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!” ⁶ 

Matius 10:33

10:33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

Matius 15:3

15:3 He answered them, ⁷  “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Matius 15:27

15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, ⁸  “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Matius 15:37

15:37 They ⁹  all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Matius 20:10

20:10 And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Matius 20:14

20:14 Take what is yours and go. I ¹⁰  want to give to this last man ¹¹  the same as I gave to you.

Matius 23:19

23:19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Matius 23:26

23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, ¹²  so that the outside may become clean too!

Matius 23:28

23:28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matius 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ¹³  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matius 24:33

24:33 So also you, when you see all these things, know ¹⁴  that he is near, right at the door.

Matius 24:39

24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. ¹⁵  It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man. ¹⁶ 

Matius 24:44

24:44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. ¹⁷ 

Matius 25:11

25:11 Later, ¹⁸  the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ ¹⁹ 

[5:37]  ¹ tn The term πονηροῦ (ponhrou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified, however, since it is articular (τοῦ πονηροῦ, tou ponhrou). Cf. also “the evildoer” in v. 39, which is the same construction.

[5:46]  ² sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.

[6:14]  ³ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense: “people, others.”

[8:27]  ⁴ tn It is difficult to know whether ἄνθρωποι (anqrwpoi) should be translated as “men” or “people” (in a generic sense) here. At issue is whether (1) only the Twelve were with Jesus in the boat, as opposed to other disciples (cf. v. 23), and (2) whether any of those other disciples would have been women. The issue is complicated further by the parallel in Mark (4:35-41), where the author writes (4:36) that other boats accompanied them on this journey.

[8:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “the men were amazed, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.

[8:27]  ⁶ sn Jesus’ authority over creation raised a question for the disciples about his identity (What sort of person is this?). This verse shows that the disciples followed Jesus even though they did not know all about him yet.

[15:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.”

[15:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “she said.”

[15:37]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[20:14]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:14]  ¹¹ tn Grk “this last one,” translated as “this last man” because field laborers in 1st century Palestine were men.

[23:26]  ¹² tc A very difficult textual problem is found here. The most important Alexandrian and Byzantine, as well as significant Western, witnesses (א B C L W 0102 0281 ˹³ 33 Ï lat co) have “and the dish” (καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, kai th" paroyido") after “cup,” while few important witnesses (D Θ Ë¹ 700 and some versional and patristic authorities) omit the phrase. On the one hand, scribes sometimes tended to eliminate redundancy; since “and the dish” is already present in v. 25, it may have been deleted in v. 26 by well-meaning scribes. On the other hand, as B. M. Metzger notes, the singular pronoun αὐτοῦ (autou, “its”) with τὸ ἐκτός (to ekto", “the outside”) in some of the same witnesses that have the longer reading (viz., B* ˹³ al) hints that their archetype lacked the words (TCGNT 50). Further, scribes would be motivated both to add the phrase from v. 25 and to change αὐτοῦ to the plural pronoun αὐτῶν (aujtwn, “their”). Although the external evidence for the shorter reading is not compelling in itself, combined with these two prongs of internal evidence, it is to be slightly preferred.

[24:27]  ¹³ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

[24:33]  ¹⁴ tn The verb γινώσκετε (ginwskete, “know”) can be parsed as either present indicative or present imperative. In this context the imperative fits better, since the movement is from analogy (trees and seasons) to the future (the signs of the coming of the kingdom) and since the emphasis is on preparation for this event.

[24:39]  ¹⁵ sn Like the flood that came and took them all away, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.

[24:39]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.”

[24:44]  ¹⁷ sn Jesus made clear that his coming could not be timed, and suggested it would take some time – so long, in fact, that some will not be looking for him any longer (at an hour when you do not expect him).

[25:11]  ¹⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Open to us.”