Matthew 2:4

2:4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

Matthew 2:7

2:7 Then Herod ³  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Matthew 5:17

Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets

5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them. ⁴ 

Matthew 5:33

Oaths

5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ⁵  ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ ⁶ 

Matthew 5:44

5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and ⁷  pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 7:28

7:28 When ⁸  Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

Matthew 12:7

12:7 If ⁹  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ¹⁰  you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 14:14

14:14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 15:39

15:39 After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan. ¹¹ 

Matthew 16:9

16:9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Matthew 22:9

22:9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’

Matthew 22:11

22:11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Matthew 24:24

24:24 For false messiahs ¹²  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:49

24:49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

Matthew 25:14

The Parable of the Talents

25:14 “For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves ¹³  and entrusted his property to them.

Matthew 26:1

The Plot Against Jesus

26:1 When ¹⁴  Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

Matthew 26:37

26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Or “and scribes of the people.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.

[2:4]  ² tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[2:7]  ³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[5:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “not come to abolish but to fulfill.” Direct objects (“these things,” “them”) were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but have been supplied here to conform to contemporary English style.

[5:33]  ⁷ tn Grk “the ancient ones.”

[5:33]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Lev 19:12.

[5:44]  ⁹ tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë¹³ 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B ˹ pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.

[7:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[12:7]  ¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:7]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

[15:39]  ¹⁵ sn Magadan was a place along the Sea of Galilee, the exact location of which is uncertain.

[24:24]  ¹⁷ tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[25:14]  ¹⁹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[26:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.