Matius 27:37

27:37 Above ¹  his head they put the charge against him, ²  which read: ³  “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

Matius 10:14

10:14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off ⁴  your feet as you leave that house or that town.

Matius 24:2

24:2 And he said to them, ⁵  “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, ⁶  not one stone will be left on another. ⁷  All will be torn down!” ⁸ 

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.’ ⁹ 

[27:37]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:37]  ² sn Mention of the inscription is an important detail, because the inscription would normally give the reason for the execution. It shows that Jesus was executed for claiming to be a king. It was also probably written with irony from the executioners’ point of view.

[27:37]  ³ tn Grk “was written.”

[10:14]  ⁴ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

[24:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[24:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[24:2]  ⁷ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[24:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

[13:15]  ⁹ 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.