Matius 13:19

13:19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one ¹  comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; ²  this is the seed sown along the path.

Matius 26:36

Gethsemane

26:36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Matius 26:71

26:71 When ³  he went out to the gateway, another slave girl ⁴  saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

[13:19]  ¹ sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for Satan here: Mark 4:15 has “Satan,” while Luke 8:12 has “the devil.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.

[13:19]  ² sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.

[26:71]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:71]  ⁴ tn The words “slave girl” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the feminine singular form ἄλλη (allh).