Matthew 2:21

2:21 So ¹  he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

Matthew 6:10

6:10 may your kingdom come, ² 

may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 10:15

10:15 I tell you the truth, ³  it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah ⁴  on the day of judgment than for that town!

Matthew 10:34

Not Peace, but a Sword

10:34 “Do not think that I have come to bring ⁵  peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

Matthew 23:9

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

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁶ 

Matthew 25:18

25:18 But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money in it.

Matthew 25:25

25:25 so ⁷  I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’

[2:21]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions.

[6:10]  ² sn Your kingdom come represents the hope for the full manifestation of God’s promised rule.

[10:15]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[10:15]  ⁴ sn The allusion to Sodom and Gomorrah, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious than the worst sins of the old era and will result in more severe punishment.

[10:34]  ⁴ tn Grk “cast.” For βάλλω (ballw) in the sense of causing a state or condition, see L&N 13.14.

[24:35]  ⁵ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

[25:25]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.