Matius 2:3

2:3 When King Herod ¹  heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matius 7:15

A Tree and Its Fruit

7:15 “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. ² 

Matius 7:27

7:27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!” ³ 

Matius 9:8

9:8 When ⁴  the crowd saw this, they were afraid ⁵  and honored God who had given such authority to men. ⁶ 

Matius 11:8

11:8 What ⁷  did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? ⁸  Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings! ⁹ 

Matius 13:20

13:20 The ¹⁰  seed sown on rocky ground ¹¹  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Matius 13:42

13:42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, ¹²  where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matius 13:50

13:50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, ¹³  where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matius 14:26

14:26 When ¹⁴  the disciples saw him walking on the water ¹⁵  they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

Matius 14:31

14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Matius 21:20

21:20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

Matius 22:7

22:7 The ¹⁶  king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death ¹⁷  and set their city ¹⁸  on fire.

Matius 25:30

25:30 And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

[2:3]  ¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[7:15]  ² sn Sheep’s clothing…voracious wolves. Jesus uses a metaphor here to point out that these false prophets appear to be one thing, but in reality they are something quite different and dangerous.

[7:27]  ³ tn Grk “and great was its fall.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:8]  ⁵ tc Most witnesses (C L Θ 0233 ˹³ Ï) have ἐθαύμασαν (eqaumasan; “marveled, were amazed”) instead of ἐφοβήθησαν (efobhqhsan) here, effectively turning the fearful reaction into one of veneration. But the harder reading is well supported by א B D W 0281 ˹ 33 892 1424 al lat co and thus is surely authentic.

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “people.” The plural of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") usually indicates people in general, but the singular is used in the expression “Son of Man.” There is thus an ironic allusion to Jesus’ statement in v. 6: His self-designation as “Son of Man” is meant to be unique, but the crowd regards it simply as meaning “human, person.” To maintain this connection for the English reader the plural ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated here as “men” rather than as the more generic “people.”

[11:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “But what.” Here ἀλλά (alla, a strong contrastive in Greek) produces a somewhat awkward sense in English, and has not been translated. The same situation occurs at the beginning of v. 9.

[11:8]  ⁸ sn The reference to fancy clothes makes the point that John was not rich or powerful, in that he did not come from the wealthy classes.

[11:8]  ⁹ tn Or “palaces.”

[13:20]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:20]  ¹¹ tn Grk “The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one.” The next two statements like this one have this same syntactical structure.

[13:42]  ¹² sn A quotation from Dan 3:6.

[13:50]  ¹³ sn An allusion to Dan 3:6.

[14:26]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[14:26]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “on the sea”; or “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 25).

[22:7]  ¹⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:7]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers.” The verb ἀπώλεσεν (apwlesen) is causative, indicating that the king was the one behind the execution of the murderers. In English the causative idea is not expressed naturally here; either a purpose clause (“he sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death”) or a relative clause (“he sent his soldier who put those murderers to death”) is preferred.

[22:7]  ¹⁸ tn The Greek text reads here πόλις (polis), which could be translated “town” or “city.” The prophetic reference is to the city of Jerusalem, so “city” is more appropriate here.