Matthew 4:16

4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,

and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.” ¹ 

Matthew 6:7

6:7 When ²  you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 9:36

9:36 When ³  he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, ⁴  like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 10:13

10:13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ⁵ 

Matthew 17:1

The Transfiguration

17:1 Six days later ⁶  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, ⁷  and led them privately up a high mountain.

Matthew 21:38

21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

[4:16]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 9:1.

[6:7]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:36]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:36]  ⁴ tn Or “because they had been bewildered and helpless.” The translational issue is whether the perfect participles are predicate (as in the text) or are pluperfect periphrastic (the alternate translation). If the latter, the implication would seem to be that the crowds had been in such a state until the Great Shepherd arrived.

[10:13]  ⁴ sn The response to these messengers determines how God’s blessing is bestowed – if the messengers are not welcomed, their blessing will return to them. Jesus shows just how important their mission is by this remark.

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “And after six days.”

[17:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.