Matius 5:46

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors ¹  do the same, don’t they?

Matius 6:15

6:15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

Matius 17:26

17:26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons ²  are free.

Matius 28:14

28:14 If ³  this matter is heard before the governor, ⁴  we will satisfy him ⁵  and keep you out of trouble.” ⁶ 

[5:46]  ¹ 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.

[17:26]  ² sn See the note on the phrase their sons in the previous verse.

[28:14]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[28:14]  ⁴ tn Here ἐπί (epi) followed by the genitive = “before,” especially in the language of lawsuits (BDAG 363 s.v. 3).

[28:14]  ⁵ tc ‡ αὐτόν (auton, “him”) is found after πείσομεν (peisomen, “we will satisfy”) in the majority of witnesses, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is found in א B Θ 33 pc). Nevertheless, English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[28:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “and you will not have to be worried” = “we will keep you out of trouble.”