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 10:32

10:32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges ³  me before people, I will acknowledge ⁴  before my Father in heaven.

Matius 27:60

27:60 and placed it ⁵  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ⁶  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ⁷  of the tomb and went away.

Matius 28:2

28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord ⁸  descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

[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.”

[10:32]  ³ tn Or “confesses.”

[10:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “I will acknowledge him also.”

[10:32]  sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. On Jesus and judgment, see Luke 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.

[27:60]  ⁵ tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.

[27:60]  ⁶ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

[27:60]  ⁷ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”

[28:2]  ⁸ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.