Matius 10:38

10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross ¹  and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matius 17:26

17:26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons ²  are free.

Matius 20:9

20:9 When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay. ³ 

Matius 21:40

21:40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matius 28:12

28:12 After ⁴  they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

[10:38]  ¹ sn It was customary practice in a Roman crucifixion for the prisoner to be made to carry his own cross. Jesus is speaking figuratively here in the context of rejection. If the priority is not one’s allegiance to Jesus, then one will not follow him in the face of possible rejection.

[17:26]  ² sn See the note on the phrase their sons in the previous verse.

[20:9]  ³ tn Grk “each received a denarius.” See the note on the phrase “standard wage” in v. 2.

[28:12]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.