Matthew 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ¹  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ²  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ³ 

Matthew 13:55

13:55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ⁴  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Matthew 18:32

18:32 Then his lord called the first slave ⁵  and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

[10:1]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ³ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:55]  ⁴ sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother…Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).

[18:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the first slave mentioned in v. 24) has been specified in the translation for clarity.