Matthew 13:38

13:38 The field is the world and the good seed are the people ¹  of the kingdom. The weeds are the people ²  of the evil one,

Matthew 20:21

20:21 He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, ³  “Permit ⁴  these two sons of mine to sit, one at your ⁵  right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

Matthew 21:16

21:16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?” ⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “the sons of the kingdom.” This idiom refers to people who should properly be, or were traditionally regarded as, a part of God’s kingdom. L&N 11.13 translates the phrase: “people of God’s kingdom, God’s people.”

² tn Grk “the sons of the evil one.” See the preceding note on the phrase “people of the kingdom” earlier in this verse, which is the opposite of this phrase. See also L&N 9.4; 11.13; 11.14.

³ tn Grk “said to him.”

⁴ tn Grk “Say that.”

⁵ tc A majority of witnesses read σου (sou, “your”) here, perhaps for clarification. At the same time, it is possible that the pronoun dropped out through haplography or was excised because of perceived redundancy (there are two other such pronouns in the verse) by א B. Either way, the translation adds it due to the requirements of English style. NA²⁷ includes σου here.

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 8:2.