Matthew 6:7

6:7 When ¹  you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 13:40

13:40 As ²  the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

Matthew 24:37

24:37 For just like the days of Noah ³  were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 25:14

The Parable of the Talents

25:14 “For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves ⁴  and entrusted his property to them.

Matthew 18:17

18:17 If ⁵  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ⁶  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ⁷  a Gentile ⁸  or a tax collector. ⁹ 

Matthew 20:28

20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ¹⁰  for many.”

Matthew 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ¹¹  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 25:32

25:32 All ¹²  the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Matthew 6:2

6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ¹³  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ¹⁴  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ¹⁵  they have their reward.

Matthew 12:40

12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish ¹⁶  for three days and three nights, ¹⁷  so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

³ sn Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.

⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “let him be to you as.”

⁸ tn Or “a pagan.”

⁹ sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

⁶ sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.

⁷ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

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

⁹ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).

¹⁰ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

¹¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “large sea creature.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.