Matius 2:7

2:7 Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Matius 4:15

4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –

Matius 7:5

7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Matius 7:23

7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ² 

Matius 11:11

11:11 “I tell you the truth, ³  among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least ⁴  in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

Matius 13:36

Explanation for the Disciples

13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

[2:7]  ¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[7:23]  ² tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[11:11]  ⁴ sn After John comes a shift of eras. The new era is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of God) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era.