Matius 4:7

4:7 Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹ 

Matius 14:4

14:4 because John had repeatedly told ²  him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ³ 

Matius 15:15

15:15 But Peter ⁴  said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Matius 20:11

20:11 When ⁵  they received it, they began to complain ⁶  against the landowner,

Matius 21:39

21:39 So ⁷  they seized him, ⁸  threw him out of the vineyard, ⁹  and killed him.

Matius 22:20

22:20 Jesus ¹⁰  said to them, “Whose image ¹¹  is this, and whose inscription?”

[4:7]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 6:16.

[14:4]  ² tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

[14:4]  ³ sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

[15:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:11]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:11]  ⁶ tn The imperfect verb ἐγόγγυζον (egonguzon) has been translated ingressively.

[21:39]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ decision to kill the son in v. 38.

[21:39]  ⁸ tn Grk “seizing him.” The participle λαβόντες (labontes) has been translated as attendant circumstance.

[21:39]  ⁹ sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

[22:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[22:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “whose likeness.”

[22:20]  sn In this passage Jesus points to the image (Grk εἰκών, eikwn) of Caesar on the coin. This same Greek word is used in Gen 1:26 (LXX) to state that humanity is made in the “image” of God. Jesus is making a subtle yet powerful contrast: Caesar’s image is on the denarius, so he can lay claim to money through taxation, but God’s image is on humanity, so he can lay claim to each individual life.