Matthew 5:11

5:11 “Blessed are you when people ¹  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ²  on account of me.

Matthew 5:46

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors ³  do the same, don’t they?

Matthew 6:8

6:8 Do ⁴  not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:30

6:30 And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, ⁵  which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, ⁶  won’t he clothe you even more, ⁷  you people of little faith?

Matthew 10:16

Persecution of Disciples

10:16 “I ⁸  am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, ⁹  so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:19

10:19 Whenever ¹⁰  they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, ¹¹  for what you should say will be given to you at that time. ¹² 

[5:11]  ¹ tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

[5:11]  ² tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.

[5:46]  ³ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “So do not.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.

[6:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “grass of the field.”

[6:30]  ⁸ tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.

[6:30]  ⁹ sn The phrase even more is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the little things, surely he will care for the more important things.

[10:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “Behold I.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[10:16]  ¹⁰ sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism; see Pss. Sol. 8:23, 30.

[10:19]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:19]  ¹² tn Grk “how or what you might speak.”

[10:19]  ¹³ tn Grk “in that hour.”