Matius 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ¹  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ²  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ³ 

Matius 10:21

10:21 “Brother ⁴  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ⁵  parents and have them put to death.

Matius 10:26

Fear God, Not Man

10:26 “Do ⁶  not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden ⁷  that will not be revealed, ⁸  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Matius 16:1

The Demand for a Sign

16:1 Now when the Pharisees ⁹  and Sadducees ¹⁰  came to test Jesus, ¹¹  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ¹² 

Matius 19:14

19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ¹³ 

Matius 26:40

26:40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He ¹⁴  said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

Matius 27:4

27:4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

[10:1]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ³ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:21]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ⁵ tn Or “will rebel against.”

[10:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “Therefore do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[10:26]  ⁷ tn Or “concealed.”

[10:26]  ⁸ sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice here and in the next verb see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known.

[16:1]  ⁹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ¹¹ tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

[16:1]  ¹² sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

[19:14]  ¹³ sn The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.

[26:40]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.