Matthew 23:25

23:25 “Woe to you, experts in the law ¹  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:1

Seven Woes

23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

Matthew 4:3-4

4:3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” ²  4:4 But he answered, ³  “It is written, ‘Man ⁴  does not live ⁵  by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” ⁶ 

¹ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

² tn Grk “say that these stones should become bread.”

³ tn Grk “answering, he said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the syntax of the phrase has been changed for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “a person.” Greek ὁ ἄνθρωπος (Jo anqrwpo") is used generically for humanity. The translation “man” is used because the emphasis in Jesus’ response seems to be on his dependence on God as a man.

⁵ tn Grk “will not live.” The verb in Greek is a future tense, but it is unclear whether it is meant to be taken as a command (also known as an imperatival future) or as a statement of reality (predictive future).

⁶ sn A quotation from Deut 8:3.