Matius 5:48

5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. ¹ 

Matius 18:33

18:33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

Matius 20:27

20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave ²  –

Matius 24:16

24:16 then those in Judea must flee ³  to the mountains.

[5:48]  ¹ sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”

[20:27]  ² tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[24:16]  ³ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.