Matthew 5:20

5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees, ²  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 6:1

Pure-hearted Giving

6:1 “Be ³  careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. ⁴  Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:28

10:28 Do ⁵  not be afraid of those who kill the body ⁶  but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ⁷ 

Matthew 11:27

11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ⁸  No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ⁹  to reveal him.

Matthew 13:14

13:14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

‘You will listen carefully ¹⁰  yet will never understand,

you will look closely ¹¹  yet will never comprehend.

¹ tn Or “that of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

³ tc ‡ Several mss (א L Z Θ Ë¹ 33 892 1241 1424 al) have δέ (de, “but, now”) at the beginning of this verse; the reading without δέ is supported by B D W 0250 ˹³ Ï lat. A decision is difficult, but apparently the conjunction was added by later scribes to indicate a transition in the thought-flow of the Sermon on the Mount. NA²⁷ has δέ in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

⁴ tn Grk “before people in order to be seen by them.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁶ sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.

⁷ sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

⁷ sn This verse has been noted for its conceptual similarity to teaching in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined.

⁸ tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.

⁹ tn Grk “with hearing,” a cognate dative that intensifies the action of the main verb “you will listen” (ExSyn 168-69).

¹⁰ tn Grk “look by looking.” The participle is redundant, functioning to intensify the force of the main verb.