Matius 10:38

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

Matius 13:46

13:46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

Matius 18:24

18:24 As ²  he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents ³  was brought to him.

Matius 19:6

19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

[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.

[18:24]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:24]  ³ sn A talent was a huge sum of money, equal to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was the usual day’s wage for a worker. L&N 6.82 states, “a Greek monetary unit (also a unit of weight) with a value which fluctuated, depending upon the particular monetary system which prevailed at a particular period of time (a silver talent was worth approximately six thousand denarii with gold talents worth at least thirty times that much).”