Matthew 11:26

11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ¹ 

Matthew 5:48

5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. ² 

Matthew 6:14

6:14 “For if you forgive others ³  their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 10:21

10:21 “Brother ⁴  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ⁵  parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 23:9

23:9 And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:4

6:4 so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ⁶ 

Matthew 6:8

6:8 Do ⁷  not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:15

6:15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

Matthew 6:32

6:32 For the unconverted ⁸  pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 15:13

15:13 And he replied, ⁹  “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Matthew 18:35

18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your ¹⁰  brother ¹¹  from your heart.”

Matthew 24:36

Be Ready!

24:36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven ¹²  – except the Father alone.

Matthew 6:18

6:18 so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:26

6:26 Look at the birds in the sky: ¹³  They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds ¹⁴  them. Aren’t you more valuable ¹⁵  than they are?

Matthew 7:11

7:11 If you then, although you are evil, ¹⁶  know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts ¹⁷  to those who ask him!

Matthew 11:27

11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ¹⁸  No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ¹⁹  to reveal him.

Matthew 16:17

16:17 And Jesus answered him, ²⁰  “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood ²¹  did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Matthew 6:6

6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, ²²  close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ²³ 

[11:26]  ¹ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

[5:48]  ² sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”

[6:14]  ³ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense: “people, others.”

[10:21]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ⁵ tn Or “will rebel against.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tc L W Θ 0250 Ï it read ἐν τῷ φανερῷ (en tw fanerw, “openly”) at the end of this verse, giving a counterweight to what is done in secret. But this reading is suspect because of the obvious literary balance, because of detouring the point of the passage (the focus of vv. 1-4 is not on two kinds of public rewards but on human vs. divine approbation), and because of superior external testimony that lacks this reading (א B D Z Ë^1,13 33 al).

[6:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “So do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[6:32]  ⁷ tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”

[15:13]  ⁸ tn Grk “And answering, he said.”

[18:35]  ⁹ tn Grk “his.” The pronoun has been translated to follow English idiom (the last pronoun of the verse [“from your heart”] is second person plural in the original).

[18:35]  ¹⁰ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.

[24:36]  ¹⁰ tc ‡ Some important witnesses, including early Alexandrian and Western mss (א*^,2 B D Θ Ë¹³ pc it vg^mss Ir^lat Hier^mss), have the additional words οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός (oude Jo Juios, “nor the son”) here. Although the shorter reading (which lacks this phrase) is suspect in that it seems to soften the prophetic ignorance of Jesus, the final phrase (“except the Father alone”) already implies this. Further, the parallel in Mark 13:32 has οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, with almost no witnesses lacking the expression. Hence, it is doubtful that the absence of “neither the Son” is due to the scribes. In keeping with Matthew’s general softening of Mark’s harsh statements throughout his Gospel, it is more likely that the absence of “neither the Son” is part of the original text of Matthew, being an intentional change on the part of the author. Further, this shorter reading is supported by the first corrector of א as well as L W ˹ 33 Ï vg sy co Hier^mss. Admittedly, the external evidence is not as impressive for the shorter reading, but it best explains the rise of the other reading (in particular, how does one account for virtually no mss excising οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός at Mark 13:32 if such an absence here is due to scribal alteration? Although scribes were hardly consistent, for such a theologically significant issue at least some consistency would be expected on the part of a few scribes). Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός here.

[6:26]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[6:26]  ¹² tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”

[6:26]  ¹³ tn Grk “of more value.”

[7:11]  ¹² tn The participle ὄντες (ontes) has been translated concessively.

[7:11]  ¹³ sn The provision of the good gifts is probably a reference to the wisdom and guidance supplied in response to repeated requests. The teaching as a whole stresses not that we get everything we want, but that God gives the good that we need.

[11:27]  ¹³ sn This verse has been noted for its conceptual similarity to teaching in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined.

[11:27]  ¹⁴ tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.

[16:17]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to him.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the syntax of this phrase has been modified for clarity.

[16:17]  ¹⁵ tn The expression “flesh and blood” could refer to “any human being” (so TEV, NLT; cf. NIV “man”), but it could also refer to Peter himself (i.e., his own intuition; cf. CEV “You didn’t discover this on your own”). Because of the ambiguity of the referent, the phrase “flesh and blood” has been retained in the translation.

[6:6]  ¹⁵ sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[6:6]  ¹⁶ tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.