Matthew 24:26

24:26 So then, if someone ¹  says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ ²  do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

Matthew 6:6

6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, ³  close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).

² tn Or “in the desert.”

³ sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

⁴ tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.