Matthew 5:26

5:26 I tell you the truth, ¹  you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! ² 

Matthew 8:27

8:27 And the men ³  were amazed and said, ⁴  “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!” ⁵ 

Matthew 13:24

The Parable of the Weeds

13:24 He presented them with another parable: ⁶  “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 16:22

16:22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: ⁷  “God forbid, ⁸  Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Matthew 18:22

18:22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times! ⁹ 

Matthew 21:10

21:10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, ¹⁰  saying, “Who is this?”

Matthew 21:20

21:20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

Matthew 22:42

22:42 “What do you think about the Christ? ¹¹  Whose son is he?” They said, “The son of David.” ¹² 

Matthew 26:21

26:21 And while they were eating he said, “I tell you the truth, ¹³  one of you will betray me.” ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

² tn Here the English word “penny” is used as opposed to the parallel in Luke 12:59 where “cent” appears since the Greek word there is different and refers to a different but similar coin.

³ tn It is difficult to know whether ἄνθρωποι (anqrwpoi) should be translated as “men” or “people” (in a generic sense) here. At issue is whether (1) only the Twelve were with Jesus in the boat, as opposed to other disciples (cf. v. 23), and (2) whether any of those other disciples would have been women. The issue is complicated further by the parallel in Mark (4:35-41), where the author writes (4:36) that other boats accompanied them on this journey.

⁴ tn Grk “the men were amazed, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.

⁵ sn Jesus’ authority over creation raised a question for the disciples about his identity (What sort of person is this?). This verse shows that the disciples followed Jesus even though they did not know all about him yet.

⁵ tn Grk “He set before them another parable, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “began to rebuke him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “Merciful to you.” A highly elliptical expression: “May God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo [some experience]” (L&N 88.78). A contemporary English equivalent is “God forbid!”

⁹ tn Or “seventy times seven,” i.e., an unlimited number of times. See L&N 60.74 and 60.77 for the two possible translations of the phrase.

¹¹ tn Grk “was shaken.” The translation “thrown into an uproar” is given by L&N 25.233.

¹³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹⁴ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be the son of David in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

¹⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹⁶ tn Or “will hand me over.”