Matthew 19:5

19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ¹ 

Matthew 26:29

26:29 I ²  tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit ³  of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Matthew 27:24

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When ⁴  Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” ⁵ 

Matthew 13:15

13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;

they are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their hearts

and turn, and I would heal them.’ ⁶ 

[19:5]  ¹ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[26:29]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:29]  ³ tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

[27:24]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:24]  ⁴ sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.

[13:15]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.