Matius 5:36

5:36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

Matius 11:8

11:8 What ¹  did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? ²  Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings! ³ 

Matius 17:26

17:26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons ⁴  are free.

[11:8]  ¹ tn Grk “But what.” Here ἀλλά (alla, a strong contrastive in Greek) produces a somewhat awkward sense in English, and has not been translated. The same situation occurs at the beginning of v. 9.

[11:8]  ² sn The reference to fancy clothes makes the point that John was not rich or powerful, in that he did not come from the wealthy classes.

[11:8]  ³ tn Or “palaces.”

[17:26]  ⁴ sn See the note on the phrase their sons in the previous verse.