Matius 12:7

12:7 If ¹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ²  you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matius 23:29

23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law ³  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You ⁴  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves ⁵  of the righteous.

Matius 24:43

24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief ⁶  was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

[12:7]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:7]  ² sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

[23:29]  ³ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.

[23:29]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).

[24:43]  ⁶ sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.