Mark 7:17-18

7:17 Now ¹  when Jesus ²  had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18 He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

Matthew 13:51-52

13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.” 13:52 Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law ³  who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Matthew 15:15-17

15:15 But Peter ⁴  said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” 15:16 Jesus ⁵  said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? ⁶ 

Matthew 16:8-9

16:8 When Jesus learned of this, ⁷  he said, “You who have such little faith! ⁸  Why are you arguing ⁹  among yourselves about having no bread? 16:9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Luke 24:25

24:25 So ¹⁰  he said to them, “You ¹¹  foolish people ¹²  – how slow of heart ¹³  to believe ¹⁴  all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:1

The Resurrection

24:1 Now on the first day ¹⁵  of the week, at early dawn, the women ¹⁶  went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices ¹⁷  they had prepared.

Colossians 3:1-2

Exhortations to Seek the Things Above

3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Hebrews 5:11-14

The Need to Move on to Maturity

5:11 On this topic we have much to say ¹⁸  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ¹⁹  in hearing. 5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, ²⁰  you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. ²¹  You have gone back to needing ²²  milk, not ²³  solid food. 5:13 For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Revelation 3:19

3:19 All those ²⁴  I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

[7:17]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[7:17]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:52]  ³ tn Or “every scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4. It is possible that the term translated “expert in the law” (traditionally, “scribe”) here is a self-description used by the author, Matthew, to represent his role in conveying the traditions about Jesus to his intended audience. See David E. Orton, The Understanding Scribe [JSNTSup].

[15:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[15:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[15:17]  ⁶ tn Or “into the latrine.”

[16:8]  ⁷ tn Or “becoming aware of it.”

[16:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “Those of little faith.”

[16:8]  ⁹ tn Or “discussing.”

[24:25]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ inability to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.

[24:25]  ¹¹ tn Grk “O,” an interjection used both in address and emotion (BDAG 1101 s.v. 1).

[24:25]  ¹² tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to complete the interjection.

[24:25]  ¹³ sn The rebuke is for failure to believe the promise of scripture, a theme that will appear in vv. 43-47 as well.

[24:25]  ¹⁴ tn On the syntax of this infinitival construction, see BDAG 364-65 s.v. ἐπί 6.b.

[24:1]  ¹⁵ sn The first day of the week is the day after the Sabbath.

[24:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the women mentioned in 23:55) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[24:1]  ¹⁷ tn On this term see BDAG 140-41 s.v. ἄρωμα. See also the note on “aromatic spices” in 23:56.

[5:11]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”

[5:11]  ¹⁹ tn Or “dull.”

[5:12]  ²⁰ tn Grk “because of the time.”

[5:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

[5:12]  ²² tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

[5:12]  ²³ tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א² A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B² C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[3:19]  ²⁴ tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”