Matthew 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ¹  about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Matthew 8:10

8:10 When ²  Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, ³  I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

Matthew 9:9

The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners

9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. ⁴  “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Matthew 13:22

13:22 The ⁵  seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth ⁶  choke the word, ⁷  so it produces nothing.

Matthew 25:20

25:20 The ⁸  one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, ⁹  you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:26

25:26 But his master answered, ¹⁰  ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

¹ tn Or “do not be anxious,” and so throughout the rest of this paragraph.

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

³ tn While “tax office” is sometimes given as a translation for τελώνιον (telwnion, so L&N 57.183), this could give the modern reader a false impression of an indoor office with all its associated furnishings.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

⁶ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.

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

⁶ tn Grk Or “Lord; or “Master” (and so throughout this paragraph).

⁶ tn Grk “But answering, his master said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.