Matthew 2:8

2:8 He ¹  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Matthew 11:7

11:7 While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness ²  to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ³ 

Matthew 12:18

12:18 “Here is ⁴  my servant whom I have chosen,

the one I love, in whom I take great delight. ⁵ 

I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

Matthew 16:3

16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ ⁶  You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, ⁷  but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Matthew 25:20

25:20 The ⁸  one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, ⁹  you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:43

25:43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

[2:8]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[11:7]  ² tn Or “desert.”

[11:7]  ³ tn There is a debate as to whether one should read this figuratively (“to see someone who is easily blown over?”) or literally (Grk “to see the wilderness vegetation?… No, to see a prophet”). Either view makes good sense, but the following examples suggest the question should be read literally and understood to point to the fact that a prophet drew them to the desert.

[12:18]  ³ tn Grk “Behold my servant.”

[12:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “in whom my soul is well pleased.”

[16:3]  ⁴ tn Or “red and gloomy” (L&N 14.56).

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “The face of the sky you know how to discern.”

[25:20]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[25:20]  ⁶ tn Grk Or “Lord; or “Master” (and so throughout this paragraph).