Matthew 4:6

4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ ¹  and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ² 

Matthew 8:4

8:4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you do not speak to anyone, ³  but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering ⁴  that Moses commanded, ⁵  as a testimony to them.” ⁶ 

Matthew 8:20

8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky ⁷  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ⁸ 

Matthew 9:6

9:6 But so that you may know ⁹  that the Son of Man ¹⁰  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic ¹¹  – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ¹² 

Matthew 9:9

The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners

9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. ¹³  “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

Matthew 9:28

9:28 When ¹⁴  he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus ¹⁵  said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”

Matthew 17:20

17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, ¹⁶  if you have faith the size of ¹⁷  a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing ¹⁸  will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ¹⁹  it was evening ²⁰  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ²¹  starting with the last hired until the first.’

Matthew 20:21

20:21 He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, ²²  “Permit ²³  these two sons of mine to sit, one at your ²⁴  right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

Matthew 20:23

20:23 He told them, “You will drink my cup, ²⁵  but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Matthew 21:16

21:16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?” ²⁶ 

Matthew 21:42

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²⁷ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ²⁸ 

Matthew 26:18

26:18 He ²⁹  said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”

Matthew 26:31

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ³⁰ 

Matthew 26:45

26:45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ³¹  of the Power ³²  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ³³ 

[4:6]  ¹ sn A quotation from Ps 91:11. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).

[4:6]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 91:12.

[8:4]  ³ sn The command for silence was probably meant to last only until the cleansing took place with the priests and sought to prevent Jesus’ healings from becoming the central focus of the people’s reaction to him. See also 9:30, 12:16, 16:20, and 17:9 for other cases where Jesus asks for silence concerning him and his ministry.

[8:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “gift.”

[8:4]  ⁵ sn On the phrase bring the offering that Moses commanded see Lev 14:1-32.

[8:4]  ⁶ tn Or “as an indictment against them.” The pronoun αὐτοῖς (autoi") may be a dative of disadvantage.

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[8:20]  ⁶ sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).

[9:6]  ⁷ sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).

[9:6]  ⁸ sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.

[9:6]  ⁹ sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.

[9:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “to your house.”

[9:9]  ⁹ tn While “tax office” is sometimes given as a translation for τελώνιον (telwnion, so L&N 57.183), this could give the modern reader a false impression of an indoor office with all its associated furnishings.

[9:28]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:28]  ¹² tn Grk “to him, and Jesus.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[17:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[17:20]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”

[17:20]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[20:8]  ¹⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:8]  ¹⁶ sn That is, six o’clock in the evening, the hour to pay day laborers. See Lev 19:13b.

[20:8]  ¹⁷ tc ‡ Most witnesses (including B D W Θ Ë^1,13 33^vid Ï latt sy) have αὐτοῖς (autois, “to them”) after ἀπόδος (apodos, “give the pay”), but this seems to be a motivated reading, clarifying the indirect object. The omission is supported by א C L Z 085 Or. Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes the pronoun on the basis of the greater external attestation.

[20:21]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “said to him.”

[20:21]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “Say that.”

[20:21]  ¹⁹ tc A majority of witnesses read σου (sou, “your”) here, perhaps for clarification. At the same time, it is possible that the pronoun dropped out through haplography or was excised because of perceived redundancy (there are two other such pronouns in the verse) by א B. Either way, the translation adds it due to the requirements of English style. NA²⁷ includes σου here.

[20:23]  ¹⁹ tc See the tc note on “about to drink” in v. 22.

[21:16]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Ps 8:2.

[21:42]  ²³ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

[21:42]  ²⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.

[26:18]  ²⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:31]  ²⁷ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[26:64]  ²⁹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

[26:64]  ³⁰ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[26:64]  ³¹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).