Matthew 13:56

13:56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?” ¹ 

Matthew 20:14

20:14 Take what is yours and go. I ²  want to give to this last man ³  the same as I gave to you.

Matthew 8:9

8:9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. ⁴  I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, ⁵  and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ⁶  ‘Do this’ and he does it.” ⁷ 

Matthew 12:32

12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. ⁸  But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, ⁹  either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 13:54

13:54 Then ¹⁰  he came to his hometown ¹¹  and began to teach the people ¹²  in their synagogue. ¹³  They ¹⁴  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matthew 17:20

17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, ¹⁵  if you have faith the size of ¹⁶  a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing ¹⁷  will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 21:21

21:21 Jesus ¹⁸  answered them, “I tell you the truth, ¹⁹  if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

¹ tn Grk “Where did he get these things?”

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “this last one,” translated as “this last man” because field laborers in 1st century Palestine were men.

³ tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”

⁴ sn I say to this one ‘Go’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.

⁵ tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times… in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος) in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

⁶ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁴ tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”

⁵ tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

⁶ sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

⁷ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

⁹ tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁶ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

⁸ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”