Matthew 25:10

25:10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then ¹  the door was shut.

Matthew 23:13

23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law ²  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! ³  You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! ⁴  For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Matthew 6:6

6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, ⁵  close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ⁶ 

[25:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[23:13]  ² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:13]  ³ tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so throughout this chapter).

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “because you are closing the kingdom of heaven before people.”

[6:6]  ³ sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).

[6:6]  ⁴ tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.