Matius 12:2

12:2 But when the Pharisees ¹  saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

Matius 18:7

18:7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It ²  is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Matius 20:28

20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ³  for many.”

[12:2]  ¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[18:7]  ² tn Grk “For it.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[20:28]  ³ sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.