Deuteronomy 1:41

Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan

1:41 Then you responded to me and admitted, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

9:3 This is the unfortunate fact ¹  about everything that happens on earth: ² 

the same fate awaits ³  everyone.

In addition to this, the hearts of all people ⁴  are full of evil,

and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die. ⁵ 

Matthew 7:21-23

Judgment of Pretenders

7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ ⁶  will enter into the kingdom of heaven – only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 7:22 On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do ⁷  many powerful deeds?’ 7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ⁸ 

Matthew 26:11-12

26:11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me! ⁹  26:12 When ¹⁰  she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Luke 13:25

13:25 Once ¹¹  the head of the house ¹²  gets up ¹³  and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, ¹⁴  let us in!’ ¹⁵  But he will answer you, ¹⁶  ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ ¹⁷ 

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “evil.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “under the sun.”

[9:3]  ³ tn The term “awaits” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness and stylistic reasons.

[9:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “also the heart of the sons of man.” Here “heart” is a collective singular.

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and after that [they go] to [the place of] the dead.”

[7:21]  ⁶ sn The double use of the vocative is normally used in situations of high emotion or emphasis. Even an emphatic confession without action means little.

[7:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “and in your name do.” This phrase was not repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

[26:11]  ⁹ tn In the Greek text of this clause, “me” is in emphatic position (the first word in the clause). To convey some impression of the emphasis, an exclamation point is used in the translation.

[26:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “For when.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[13:25]  ¹¹ tn The syntactical relationship between vv. 24-25 is disputed. The question turns on whether v. 25 is connected to v. 24 or not. A lack of a clear connective makes an independent idea more likely. However, one must then determine what the beginning of the sentence connects to. Though it makes for slightly awkward English, the translation has opted to connect it to “he will answer” so that this functions, in effect, as an apodosis. One could end the sentence after “us” and begin a new sentence with “He will answer” to make simpler sentences, although the connection between the two sentences is thereby less clear. The point of the passage, however, is clear. Once the door is shut, because one failed to come in through the narrow way, it is closed permanently. The moral: Do not be too late in deciding to respond.

[13:25]  ¹² tn Or “the master of the household.”

[13:25]  ¹³ tn Or “rises,” or “stands up.”

[13:25]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Sir.”

[13:25]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “Open to us.”

[13:25]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “and answering, he will say to you.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “he will answer you.”

[13:25]  ¹⁷ sn For the imagery behind the statement “I do not know where you come from,” see Ps 138:6; Isa 63:16; Jer 1:5; Hos 5:3.