Matthew 13:12

13:12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ¹ 

Matthew 11:18

11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ² 

Matthew 5:23

5:23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ³  when ⁴  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 13:27

13:27 So the slaves ⁵  of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

Matthew 17:15

17:15 and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures ⁶  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Matthew 18:25

18:25 Because ⁷  he was not able to repay it, ⁸  the lord ordered him to be sold, along with ⁹  his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

Matthew 21:3

21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ¹⁰  and he will send them at once.”

Matthew 25:29

25:29 For the one who has will be given more, ¹¹  and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ¹² 

Matthew 8:20

8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky ¹³  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ¹⁴ 

Matthew 9:6

9:6 But so that you may know ¹⁵  that the Son of Man ¹⁶  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic ¹⁷  – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ¹⁸ 

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.

[13:12]  ¹ sn What he has will be taken from him. The meaning is that the one who accepts Jesus’ teaching concerning his person and the kingdom will receive a share in the kingdom now and even more in the future, but for the one who rejects Jesus’ words, the opportunity that that person presently possesses with respect to the kingdom will someday be taken away forever.

[11:18]  ² sn John the Baptist was too separatist and ascetic for some, and so he was accused of not being directed by God, but by a demon.

[13:21]  ³ tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:27]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[17:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).

[18:25]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[18:25]  ⁷ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[18:25]  ⁸ tn Grk “and his wife.”

[21:3]  ⁷ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[25:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “to everyone who has, he will be given more.”

[25:29]  ⁹ sn The one who has nothing has even what he seems to have taken from him, ending up with no reward at all (see also Luke 8:18). The exact force of this is left ambiguous, but there is no comfort here for those who are pictured by the third slave as being totally unmoved by the master. Though not an outright enemy, there is no relationship to the master either.

[8:20]  ⁹ 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).

[8:20]  ¹⁰ sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).

[9:6]  ¹⁰ sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).

[9:6]  ¹¹ sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.

[9:6]  ¹² sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.

[9:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “to your house.”