Matthew 4:10

4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, ¹  Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” ² 

Matthew 5:16

5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:23

6:23 But if your eye is diseased, ³  your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 10:13

10:13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ⁴ 

Matthew 13:35

13:35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: ⁵ 

“I will open my mouth in parables,

I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.” ⁶ 

Matthew 14:3

14:3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, ⁷  and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 14:9

14:9 Although it grieved the king, ⁸  because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

Matthew 21:28

The Parable of the Two Sons

21:28 “What ⁹  do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Matthew 24:6

24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. ¹⁰ 

Matthew 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ¹¹  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 26:13

26:13 I tell you the truth, ¹²  wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 26:69

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A ¹³  slave girl ¹⁴  came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

Matthew 28:1

The Resurrection

28:1 Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

¹ tc The majority of later witnesses (C² D L Z 33 Ï) have “behind me” (ὀπίσω μου; opisw mou) after “Go away.” But since this is the wording in Matt 16:23, where the text is certain, scribes most likely added the words here to conform to the later passage. Further, the shorter reading has superior support (א B C*^vid K P W Δ 0233 Ë^1,13 565 579* 700 al). Thus, both externally and internally, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.

² sn A quotation from Deut 6:13. The word “only” is an interpretive expansion not found in either the Hebrew or Greek (LXX) text of the OT.

³ tn Or “if your eye is sick” (L&N 23.149).

⁵ sn The response to these messengers determines how God’s blessing is bestowed – if the messengers are not welcomed, their blessing will return to them. Jesus shows just how important their mission is by this remark.

⁷ tc A few important mss (א* Θ Ë^1,13 33) identify the prophet as Isaiah, a reading that is significantly harder than the generic “prophet” because the source of this prophecy is not Isaiah but Asaph in Ps 78. Jerome mentioned some mss that had “Asaph” here, though none are known to exist today. This problem is difficult because of the temptation for scribes to delete the reference to Isaiah in order to clear up a discrepancy. Indeed, the vast majority of witnesses have only “the prophet” here (א¹ B C D L W 0233 0242 Ï lat sy co). However, as B. M. Metzger points out, “if no prophet were originally named, more than one scribe might have been prompted to insert the name of the best known prophet – something which has, in fact, happened elsewhere more than once” (TCGNT 27). In light of the paucity of evidence for the reading ᾿Ησαΐου, as well as the proclivity of scribes to add his name, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic.

⁸ sn A quotation from Ps 78:2.

⁹ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א² C D L W Z Θ 0106 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read αὐτόν (auton, “him”) here as a way of clarifying the direct object; various important witnesses lack the word, however (א* B 700 pc ff¹ h q). The original wording most likely lacked it, but it has been included here due to English style. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

¹¹ tn Grk “and being grieved, the king commanded.”

¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁵ tn Grk “it is not yet the end.”

¹⁷ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

¹⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

²² tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.