Matthew 5:19

5:19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others ¹  to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ²  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ³  and suffer ⁴  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁵  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

[5:19]  ¹ tn Grk “teaches men” ( in a generic sense, people).

[16:21]  ² tn Grk “From then.”

[16:21]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:21]  ⁴ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[16:21]  ⁵ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.