Matthew 6:31

6:31 So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

Matthew 7:23

7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ¹ 

Matthew 10:40

Rewards

10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. ² 

Matthew 12:30

12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, ³  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ⁴ 

Matthew 24:5

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ⁵  and they will mislead many.

Matthew 28:14

28:14 If ⁶  this matter is heard before the governor, ⁷  we will satisfy him ⁸  and keep you out of trouble.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

¹ sn The one who sent me refers to God.

¹ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

² sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

² tn Here ἐπί (epi) followed by the genitive = “before,” especially in the language of lawsuits (BDAG 363 s.v. 3).

³ tc ‡ αὐτόν (auton, “him”) is found after πείσομεν (peisomen, “we will satisfy”) in the majority of witnesses, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is found in א B Θ 33 pc). Nevertheless, English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

⁴ tn Grk “and you will not have to be worried” = “we will keep you out of trouble.”