Matius 12:29

12:29 How ¹  else can someone enter a strong man’s ²  house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. ³ 

Matius 13:30

13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At ⁴  harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then ⁵  gather ⁶  the wheat into my barn.”’”

[12:29]  ¹ tn Grk “Or how can.”

[12:29]  ² sn The strong man here pictures Satan.

[12:29]  ³ sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.

[13:30]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[13:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “but.”

[13:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “burned, but gather.”