Matthew 3:8

3:8 Therefore produce fruit ¹  that proves your ²  repentance,

Matthew 11:26

11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ³ 

Matthew 17:25

17:25 He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, ⁴  “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons ⁵  or from foreigners?”

Matthew 18:12

18:12 What do you think? If someone ⁶  owns a hundred ⁷  sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? ⁸ 

Matthew 18:17

18:17 If ⁹  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ¹⁰  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ¹¹  a Gentile ¹²  or a tax collector. ¹³ 

Matthew 21:25

21:25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” ¹⁴  They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

¹ sn Fruit worthy of repentance refers to the deeds that indicate a change of attitude (heart) on the part of John’s hearers.

² tn Grk “fruit worthy of.”

³ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

⁵ tn Grk “spoke first to him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁶ sn The phrase their sons may mean “their citizens,” but the term “sons” has been retained here in order to preserve the implicit comparison between the Father and his Son, Jesus.

⁷ tn Grk “a certain man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense.

⁸ sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.

⁹ sn Look for the one that went astray. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.

⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹¹ tn Grk “let him be to you as.”

¹² tn Or “a pagan.”

¹³ sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

¹¹ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used here (and in v. 26) in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NAB, NRSV, “of human origin”; TEV, “from human beings”; NLT, “merely human”).