Matthew 5:40

5:40 And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, ¹  give him your coat also.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, Seek, Knock

7:7 “Ask ²  and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door ³  will be opened for you.

Matthew 10:21

10:21 “Brother ⁴  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ⁵  parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 12:22

Jesus and Beelzebul

12:22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus ⁶  healed him so that he could speak and see. ⁷ 

Matthew 14:11

14:11 His ⁸  head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

Matthew 14:14

14:14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:20

14:20 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

Matthew 15:37

15:37 They ⁹  all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Matthew 17:7

17:7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Do not be afraid.”

Matthew 20:4

20:4 He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

Matthew 20:10

20:10 And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Matthew 21:7

21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks ¹⁰  on them, and he sat on them.

Matthew 24:7

24:7 For nation will rise up in arms ¹¹  against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines ¹²  and earthquakes ¹³  in various places.

Matthew 25:36

25:36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

Matthew 25:42

25:42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

Matthew 26:37

26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

[5:40]  ¹ tn Or “shirt” (a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin). The name for this garment (χιτών, citwn) presents some difficulty in translation. Most modern readers would not understand what a “tunic” was any more than they would be familiar with a “chiton.” On the other hand, attempts to find a modern equivalent are also a problem: “Shirt” conveys the idea of a much shorter garment that covers only the upper body, and “undergarment” (given the styles of modern underwear) is more misleading still. “Tunic” was therefore employed, but with a note to explain its nature.

[7:7]  ² sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.

[7:7]  ³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.

[10:21]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ⁴ tn Or “will rebel against.”

[12:22]  ⁴ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:22]  ⁵ tn Grk “demoniac, and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “And his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:37]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[21:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “garments”; but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13.

[24:7]  ⁸ tn For the translation “rise up in arms” see L&N 55.2.

[24:7]  ⁹ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.

[24:7]  ¹⁰ tc Most witnesses (C Θ 0102 Ë^1,13 Ï) have “and plagues” (καὶ λοιμοί, kai loimoi) between “famines” (λιμοί, limoi) and “earthquakes” (σεισμοί, seismoi), while others have “plagues and famines and earthquakes” (L W 33 pc lat). The similarities between λιμοί and λοιμοί could explain how καὶ λοιμοί might have accidentally dropped out, but since the Lukan parallel has both terms (and W lat have the order λοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοί there too, as they do in Matthew), it seems more likely that scribes added the phrase here. The shorter reading does not enjoy overwhelming support ([א] B D 892 pc, as well as versional witnesses), but it is nevertheless significant; coupled with the internal evidence it should be given preference.