18:32 Then his lord called the first slave 1 and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!
Matthew 19:4
19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, 2
Matthew 19:8
19:8 Jesus 3 said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, 4 but from the beginning it was not this way.
1 tnGrk “him”; the referent (the first slave mentioned in v. 24) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.
3 tc A few important mss (א Φ pc) have the name “Jesus” here, but it is probably not original. Nevertheless, this translation routinely specifies the referents of pronouns to improve clarity, so that has been done here.