Matius 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ²  and myrrh. ³ 

Matius 4:6

4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ ⁴  and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ⁵ 

Matius 6:2

6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ⁶  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ⁷  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ⁸  they have their reward.

Matius 6:5

Private Prayer

6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues ⁹  and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matius 12:11

12:11 He said to them, “Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

Matius 14:13

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

14:13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, ¹⁰  they followed him on foot from the towns. ¹¹ 

Matius 24:3

Signs of the End of the Age

24:3 As ¹²  he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things ¹³  happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

[2:11]  ¹ tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[2:11]  ² sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

[2:11]  ³ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.

[4:6]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 91:11. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).

[4:6]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 91:12.

[6:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).

[6:2]  ⁷ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[6:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[6:5]  ⁹ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[14:13]  ¹⁰ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[14:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “cities.”

[24:3]  ¹² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:3]  ¹³ sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.