Matthew 3:1

The Ministry of John the Baptist

3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness ¹  of Judea proclaiming,

Matthew 10:15

10:15 I tell you the truth, ²  it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah ³  on the day of judgment than for that town!

Matthew 13:1

The Parable of the Sower

13:1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

Matthew 18:27

18:27 The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 20:4

20:4 He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

Matthew 22:23

Marriage and the Resurrection

22:23 The same day Sadducees ⁴  (who say there is no resurrection) ⁵  came to him and asked him, ⁶ 

Matthew 22:46

22:46 No one ⁷  was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

Matthew 24:46

24:46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work ⁸  when he comes.

Matthew 24:48

24:48 But if ⁹  that evil slave should say to himself, ¹⁰  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matthew 25:19

25:19 After ¹¹  a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

Matthew 27:63

27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

¹ tn Or “desert.”

² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

³ sn The allusion to Sodom and Gomorrah, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious than the worst sins of the old era and will result in more severe punishment.

³ sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

⁴ sn This remark is best regarded as a parenthetical note by the author.

⁵ tn Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁵ tn That is, doing his job, doing what he is supposed to be doing.

⁶ tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

⁷ tn Grk “should say in his heart.”

⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.