Matthew 4:8

4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. ¹ 

Matthew 13:38

13:38 The field is the world and the good seed are the people ²  of the kingdom. The weeds are the people ³  of the evil one,

Matthew 16:26

16:26 For what does it benefit a person ⁴  if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 24:21

24:21 For then there will be great suffering ⁵  unlike anything that has happened ⁶  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Matthew 26:13

26:13 I tell you the truth, ⁷  wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

¹ tn Grk “glory.”

² tn Grk “the sons of the kingdom.” This idiom refers to people who should properly be, or were traditionally regarded as, a part of God’s kingdom. L&N 11.13 translates the phrase: “people of God’s kingdom, God’s people.”

³ tn Grk “the sons of the evil one.” See the preceding note on the phrase “people of the kingdom” earlier in this verse, which is the opposite of this phrase. See also L&N 9.4; 11.13; 11.14.

³ tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.

⁴ tn Traditionally, “great tribulation.”

⁵ sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.

⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”