Matthew 12:32
Context12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. 1 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, 2 either in this age or in the age to come.
Matthew 13:19
Context13:19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one 3 comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; 4 this is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 13:23
Context13:23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.” 5
Matthew 21:24
Context21:24 Jesus 6 answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.


[12:32] 1 tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”
[12:32] 2 tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”
[13:19] 3 sn Interestingly, the synoptic parallels each use a different word for Satan here: Mark 4:15 has “Satan,” while Luke 8:12 has “the devil.” This illustrates the fluidity of the gospel tradition in often using synonyms at the same point of the parallel tradition.
[13:19] 4 sn The word of Jesus has the potential to save if it germinates in a person’s heart, something the devil is very much against.
[13:23] 5 tn The Greek is difficult to translate because it switches from a generic “he” to three people within this generic class (thus, something like: “Who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one instance a hundred times, in another, sixty times, in another, thirty times”).
[21:24] 7 tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.