Matius 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matius 9:36

9:36 When ²  he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, ³  like sheep without a shepherd.

Matius 26:65

26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ⁴  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ⁵  you have heard the blasphemy!

Matius 28:8

28:8 So ⁶  they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

[9:13]  ¹ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

[9:36]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:36]  ³ tn Or “because they had been bewildered and helpless.” The translational issue is whether the perfect participles are predicate (as in the text) or are pluperfect periphrastic (the alternate translation). If the latter, the implication would seem to be that the crowds had been in such a state until the Great Shepherd arrived.

[26:65]  ⁴ tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

[26:65]  ⁵ tn Grk “Behold now.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[28:8]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions to tell the disciples.