Ulangan 31:21

31:21 Then when ¹  many disasters and distresses overcome them ²  this song will testify against them, ³  for their ⁴  descendants will not forget it. ⁵  I know the ⁶  intentions they have in mind ⁷  today, even before I bring them ⁸  to the land I have promised.”

Ulangan 31:1

Succession of Moses by Joshua

31:1 Then Moses went ⁹  and spoke these words ¹⁰  to all Israel.

1 Raja-raja 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ¹¹  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ¹²  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ¹³ 

Matius 9:4

9:4 When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

Yohanes 6:61

6:61 When Jesus was aware ¹⁴  that his disciples were complaining ¹⁵  about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ¹⁶ 

Yohanes 6:64

6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) ¹⁷ 

[31:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:1]  ⁹ tc For the MT reading וַיֵּלֶךְ (vayyelekh, “he went”), the LXX and Qumran have וַיְכַל (vaykhal, “he finished”): “So Moses finished speaking,” etc. The difficult reading of the MT favors its authenticity.

[31:1]  ¹⁰ tn In the MT this refers to the words that follow (cf. NIV, NCV).

[8:39]  ¹¹ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ¹² tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[8:39]  ¹³ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[6:61]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “When Jesus knew within himself.”

[6:61]  ¹⁵ tn Or “were grumbling.”

[6:61]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Does this cause you to no longer believe?” (Grk “cause you to stumble?”)

[6:61]  sn Does this cause you to be offended? It became apparent to some of Jesus’ followers at this point that there would be a cost involved in following him. They had taken offense at some of Jesus’ teaching (perhaps the graphic imagery of “eating his flesh” and “drinking his blood,” and Jesus now warned them that if they thought this was a problem, there was an even worse cause for stumbling in store: his upcoming crucifixion (John 6:61b-62). Jesus asked, in effect, “Has what I just taught caused you to stumble? What will you do, then, if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” This ascent is to be accomplished through the cross; for John, Jesus’ departure from this world and his return to the Father form one continual movement from cross to resurrection to ascension.

[6:64]  ¹⁷ sn This is a parenthetical comment by the author.