Matthew 3:9

3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Matthew 9:9

The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners

9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.¹ “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Matthew 9:28

9:28 When² he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus³ said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”

Matthew 12:32

12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven.⁴ But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,⁵ either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 16:13

Peter’s Confession

16:13 When⁶ Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi,⁷ he asked his disciples,⁸ “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Matthew 17:20

17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth,⁹ if you have faith the size of¹⁰ a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing¹¹ will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 24:3

Signs of the End of the Age

24:3 As¹² he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things¹³ happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand¹⁴ of the Power¹⁵ and coming on the clouds of heaven.”¹⁶

Matthew 27:11

Jesus and Pilate

27:11 Then¹⁷ Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,¹⁸ “Are you the king¹⁹ of the Jews?” Jesus²⁰ said, “You say so.”²¹

¹tn While “tax office” is sometimes given as a translation for τελώνιον (telwnion, so L&N 57.183), this could give the modern reader a false impression of an indoor office with all its associated furnishings.

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²tn Grk “to him, and Jesus.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”

²tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²map For location see Map1-C1; Map2-F4.

³tn Grk “he asked his disciples, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has been left untranslated.

¹tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

²tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”

³tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

¹sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

²sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

³sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).

¹tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

²tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³sn “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested in this charge because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.

⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵sn The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 26:64.