Matius 8:31

8:31 Then the demons begged him, ¹  “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Matius 21:3

21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ²  and he will send them at once.”

Matius 6:23

6:23 But if your eye is diseased, ³  your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

[8:31]  ¹ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[21:3]  ² sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[6:23]  ³ tn Or “if your eye is sick” (L&N 23.149).

[6:23]  sn There may be a slight wordplay here, as this term can also mean “evil,” so the figure uses a term that points to the real meaning of being careful as to what one pays attention to or looks at.