Matthew 12:3

12:3 He ¹  said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

Matthew 22:31

22:31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, ² 

Matthew 12:5

12:5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Matthew 19:4

19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, ³ 

Matthew 24:15

The Abomination of Desolation

24:15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation ⁴  – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Matthew 21:16

21:16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?” ⁵ 

Matthew 21:42

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ⁶ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ⁷ 

[12:3]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:31]  ² tn Grk “spoken to you by God, saying.” The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:4]  ³ sn A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.

[24:15]  ⁴ sn The reference to the abomination of desolation is an allusion to Dan 9:27. Though some have seen the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy in the actions of Antiochus IV (or a representative of his) in 167 b.c., the words of Jesus seem to indicate that Antiochus was not the final fulfillment, but that there was (from Jesus’ perspective) still another fulfillment yet to come. Some argue that this was realized in a.d. 70, while others claim that it refers specifically to Antichrist and will not be fully realized until the period of the great tribulation at the end of the age (cf. Mark 13:14, 19, 24; Rev 3:10).

[21:16]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 8:2.

[21:42]  ⁶ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

[21:42]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.