Matthew 5:23

5:23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 19:3

19:3 Then some Pharisees ¹  came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful ²  to divorce a wife for any cause?” ³ 

Matthew 23:3

23:3 Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. ⁴ 

Matthew 25:15

25:15 To ⁵  one he gave five talents, ⁶  to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

27:1 When ⁷  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

[19:3]  ¹ tn Grk “And Pharisees.”

[19:3]  ² tc ‡ Most mss have either ἀνθρώπῳ (anqrwpw, “for a man” [so א² C D W Θ 087 Ë^1,13 33 Ï latt]) or ἀνδρί (andri, “for a husband” [1424^c pc]) before the infinitive ἀπολῦσαι (apolusai, “to divorce”). The latter reading is an assimilation to the parallel in Mark; the former reading may have been motivated by the clarification needed (especially to give the following αὐτοῦ [autou, “his”] an antecedent). But a few significant mss (א* B L Γ 579 [700] 1424* pc) have neither noun. As the harder reading, it seems to best explain the rise of the others. NA²⁷, however, reads ἀνθρώπῳ here.

[19:3]  ³ sn The question of the Pharisees was anything but sincere; they were asking it to test him. Jesus was now in the jurisdiction of Herod Antipas (i.e., Judea and beyond the Jordan) and it is likely that the Pharisees were hoping he might answer the question of divorce in a way similar to John the Baptist and so suffer the same fate as John, i.e., death at the hands of Herod (cf. 14:1-12). Jesus answered the question not on the basis of rabbinic custom and the debate over Deut 24:1, but rather from the account of creation and God’s original design.

[23:3]  ¹ tn Grk “for they say and do not do.”

[25:15]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[25:15]  ² sn A talent was equal to 6000 denarii. See the note on this term in 18:24.

[27:1]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.