Matius 6:23

6:23 But if your eye is diseased, ¹  your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matius 7:25

7:25 The rain fell, the flood ²  came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

Matius 10:10

10:10 no bag ³  for the journey, or an extra tunic, ⁴  or sandals or staff, ⁵  for the worker deserves his provisions.

Matius 19:14

19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ⁶ 

Matius 24:6

24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ 

Matius 27:17

27:17 So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus ⁸  Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?” ⁹ 

[6:23]  ¹ tn Or “if your eye is sick” (L&N 23.149).

[6:23]  sn There may be a slight wordplay here, as this term can also mean “evil,” so the figure uses a term that points to the real meaning of being careful as to what one pays attention to or looks at.

[7:25]  ² tn Grk “the rivers.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Or “no traveler’s bag”; or possibly “no beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; BDAG 811 s.v. πήρα).

[10:10]  ⁴ tn Grk “two tunics.” See the note on the word “tunic” in Matt 5:40.

[10:10]  ⁵ sn Mark 6:8 allows one staff. It might be that Matthew’s summary (cf. Luke 9:3) means not taking an extra staff or that the expression is merely rhetorical for “traveling light” which has been rendered in two slightly different ways.

[19:14]  ⁶ sn The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Children are a picture of those whose simple trust illustrates what faith is all about. The remark illustrates how everyone is important to God, even those whom others regard as insignificant.

[24:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “it is not yet the end.”

[27:17]  ⁸ tc Again, as in v. 16, the name “Jesus” is supplied before “Barabbas” in Θ Ë¹ 700* pc sy^s Or^mss (Θ 700* lack the article τόν [ton] before Βαραββᾶν [Barabban]). The same argument for accepting the inclusion of “Jesus” as original in the previous verse applies here as well.

[27:17]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[27:17]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.