Matthew 7:6

7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. ¹ 

Matthew 10:13-14

10:13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ²  10:14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off ³  your feet as you leave that house or that town.

Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever ⁴  they persecute you in one place, ⁵  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ⁶  you will not finish going through all the towns ⁷  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke ⁸  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 21:24

21:24 Jesus ⁹  answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 21:32

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although ¹⁰  you saw this, you did not later change your minds ¹¹  and believe him.

Matthew 23:34-35

23:34 “For this reason I ¹²  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ¹³  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ¹⁴  and some you will flog ¹⁵  in your synagogues ¹⁶  and pursue from town to town, 23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ¹⁷  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 28:7

28:7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead. He ¹⁸  is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”

¹ tn Or “otherwise the latter will trample them under their feet and the former will turn around and tear you to pieces.” This verse is sometimes understood as a chiasm of the pattern a-b-b-a, in which the first and last clauses belong together (“dogs…turn around and tear you to pieces”) and the second and third clauses belong together (“pigs…trample them under their feet”).

² sn The response to these messengers determines how God’s blessing is bestowed – if the messengers are not welcomed, their blessing will return to them. Jesus shows just how important their mission is by this remark.

³ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

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

⁵ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

⁶ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

⁷ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

⁵ sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restrictions that a teacher or rabbi would place on his followers.

⁶ tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

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

⁸ sn The word translated change your minds is the same verb used in v. 29 (there translated had a change of heart). Jesus is making an obvious comparison here, in which the religious leaders are viewed as the disobedient son.

⁸ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” 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).

⁹ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹⁰ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

¹¹ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

¹² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

⁹ sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

¹⁰ tn Grk “And behold he.” 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).