Matius 6:1

Pure-hearted Giving

6:1 “Be ¹  careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. ²  Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Matius 10:26

Fear God, Not Man

10:26 “Do ³  not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden ⁴  that will not be revealed, ⁵  and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Matius 12:24

12:24 But when the Pharisees ⁶  heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, ⁷  the ruler ⁸  of demons!”

Matius 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ⁹  when ¹⁰  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matius 19:5

19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ¹¹ 

[6:1]  ¹ tc ‡ Several mss (א L Z Θ Ë¹ 33 892 1241 1424 al) have δέ (de, “but, now”) at the beginning of this verse; the reading without δέ is supported by B D W 0250 ˹³ Ï lat. A decision is difficult, but apparently the conjunction was added by later scribes to indicate a transition in the thought-flow of the Sermon on the Mount. NA²⁷ has δέ in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

[6:1]  ² tn Grk “before people in order to be seen by them.”

[10:26]  ³ tn Grk “Therefore do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[10:26]  ⁴ tn Or “concealed.”

[10:26]  ⁵ 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.

[12:24]  ⁶ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[12:24]  ⁷ tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

[12:24]  sn Beelzebul is another name for Satan. So some people recognized Jesus’ work as supernatural, but called it diabolical.

[12:24]  ⁸ tn Or “prince.”

[13:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[19:5]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.