Matthew 5:6

5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger ¹  and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Matthew 5:10

5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 5:26

5:26 I tell you the truth, ²  you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! ³ 

Matthew 5:31

Divorce

5:31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’ ⁴ 

Matthew 8:2

8:2 And a leper ⁵  approached, and bowed low before him, saying, ⁶  “Lord, if ⁷  you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Matthew 11:4

11:4 Jesus answered them, ⁸  “Go tell John what you hear and see: ⁹ 

Matthew 20:3

20:3 When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, ¹⁰  he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

27:1 When ¹¹  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Matthew 27:53

27:53 (They ¹²  came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

Matthew 28:6

28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, ¹³  just as he said. Come and see the place where he ¹⁴  was lying.

¹ sn Those who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

³ 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 sn A quotation from Deut 24:1.

⁴ tn Grk “And behold, a leper came.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

⁵ tn Grk “a leper approaching, bowed low before him, saying.”

⁶ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

⁵ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁶ sn What you hear and see. The following activities all paraphrase various OT descriptions of the time of promised salvation: Isa 35:5-6; 26:19; 29:18-19; 61:1. Jesus is answering not by acknowledging a title, but by pointing to the nature of his works, thus indicating the nature of the time.

⁶ tn Grk “about the third hour.”

⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁹ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.

¹⁰ tc Expansions on the text, especially when the Lord is the subject, are a common scribal activity. In this instance, since the subject is embedded in the verb, three major variants have emerged to make the subject explicit: ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”; A C D L W 0148 Ë^1,13 Ï lat), τὸ σῶμα τοῦ κυρίου (to swma tou kuriou, “the body of the Lord”; 1424 pc), and ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsou", “Jesus”; Φ). The reading with no explicit subject, however, is superior on both internal and external grounds, being supported by א B Θ 33 892* pc co.