Matthew 4:8

4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. ¹ 

Matthew 5:28

5:28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 10:27

10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, ²  proclaim from the housetops. ³ 

Matthew 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke ⁴  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 13:14

13:14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

‘You will listen carefully ⁵  yet will never understand,

you will look closely ⁶  yet will never comprehend.

Matthew 14:22

Walking on Water

14:22 Immediately Jesus ⁷  made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

Matthew 18:7

18:7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It ⁸  is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Matthew 23:39

23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” ⁹ 

Matthew 26:53

26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ¹⁰  of angels right now?

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “glory.”

[10:27]  ² tn Grk “what you hear in the ear,” an idiom.

[10:27]  ³ tn The expression “proclaim from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.

[11:29]  ³ sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restrictions that a teacher or rabbi would place on his followers.

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “with hearing,” a cognate dative that intensifies the action of the main verb “you will listen” (ExSyn 168-69).

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “look by looking.” The participle is redundant, functioning to intensify the force of the main verb.

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “For it.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[23:39]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

[26:53]  ⁸ sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.