Matthew 5:29
Context5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. 1
Matthew 6:6
Context6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, 2 close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 3
Matthew 19:28
Context19:28 Jesus 4 said to them, “I tell you the truth: 5 In the age when all things are renewed, 6 when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging 7 the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 21:31
Context21:31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” 8 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, 9 tax collectors 10 and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!


[5:29] 1 sn On this word here and in the following verse, see the note on the word hell in 5:22.
[6:6] 2 sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).
[6:6] 3 tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.
[19:28] 3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
[19:28] 4 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
[19:28] 5 sn The Greek term translated the age when all things are renewed (παλιγγενεσία, palingenesia) is understood as a reference to the Messianic age, the time when all things are renewed and restored (cf. Rev 21:5).
[19:28] 6 sn The statement you…will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel looks at the future authority the Twelve will have when Jesus returns. They will share in Israel’s judgment.
[21:31] 4 tc Verses 29-31 involve a rather complex and difficult textual problem. The variants cluster into three different groups: (1) The first son says “no” and later has a change of heart, and the second son says “yes” but does not go. The second son is called the one who does his father’s will. This reading is found in the Western