Matthew 4:9

4:9 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship ¹  me.”

Matthew 11:24

11:24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom ²  on the day of judgment than for you!”

Matthew 14:4

14:4 because John had repeatedly told ³  him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ⁴ 

Matthew 18:22

18:22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times! ⁵ 

[4:9]  ¹ tn Grk “if, falling down, you will worship.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[11:24]  ² sn The allusion to Sodom, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious, and will result in more severe punishment, than the worst sins of the old era. The phrase region of Sodom is in emphatic position in the Greek text.

[14:4]  ³ tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

[14:4]  ⁴ sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

[18:22]  ⁴ tn Or “seventy times seven,” i.e., an unlimited number of times. See L&N 60.74 and 60.77 for the two possible translations of the phrase.