Matthew 1:18

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, ¹  she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:8

2:8 He ²  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Matthew 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke ³  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 13:44

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Matthew 18:28

18:28 After ⁴  he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. ⁵  So ⁶  he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, ⁷  saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ ⁸ 

[1:18]  ¹ tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).

[2:8]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[11:29]  ³ 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.

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Grk “one hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be about three month’s pay.

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so.” A new sentence was started at this point in the translation in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “and he grabbed him and started choking him.”

[18:28]  ⁸ tn The word “me” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.