Matius 23:3

23:3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. ¹ 

Matius 24:7

24:7 For nation will rise up in arms ²  against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines ³  and earthquakes ⁴  in various places.

Matius 25:29

25:29 For the one who has will be given more, ⁵  and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ⁶ 

[23:3]  ¹ tn Grk “for they say and do not do.”

[24:7]  ² tn For the translation “rise up in arms” see L&N 55.2.

[24:7]  ³ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.

[24:7]  ⁴ tc Most witnesses (C Θ 0102 Ë^1,13 Ï) have “and plagues” (καὶ λοιμοί, kai loimoi) between “famines” (λιμοί, limoi) and “earthquakes” (σεισμοί, seismoi), while others have “plagues and famines and earthquakes” (L W 33 pc lat). The similarities between λιμοί and λοιμοί could explain how καὶ λοιμοί might have accidentally dropped out, but since the Lukan parallel has both terms (and W lat have the order λοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοί there too, as they do in Matthew), it seems more likely that scribes added the phrase here. The shorter reading does not enjoy overwhelming support ([א] B D 892 pc, as well as versional witnesses), but it is nevertheless significant; coupled with the internal evidence it should be given preference.

[25:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “to everyone who has, he will be given more.”

[25:29]  sn The one who has will be given more. Faithfulness yields great reward (see Matt 13:12; also Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18, 19:26).

[25:29]  ⁶ sn The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of this is left ambiguous, but there is no comfort here for those who are pictured by the third slave as being totally unmoved by the master. Though not an outright enemy, there is no relationship to the master either.