Matthew 5:48

5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. ¹ 

Matthew 10:3

10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; ²  Thomas ³  and Matthew the tax collector; ⁴  James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁵ 

Matthew 22:26

22:26 The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.

[5:48]  ¹ sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”

[10:3]  ² sn Bartholomew (meaning “son of Tolmai” in Aramaic) could be another name for Nathanael mentioned in John 1:45.

[10:3]  ³ sn This is the “doubting Thomas” of John 20:24-29.

[10:3]  ⁴ sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[10:3]  ⁵ tc Witnesses differ on the identification of the last disciple mentioned in v. 3: He is called Λεββαῖος (Lebbaio", “Lebbaeus”) in D, Judas Zelotes in it, and not present in sy^s. The Byzantine text, along with a few others (C^[*^],2 L W Θ Ë¹ 33 Ï), conflates earlier readings by calling him “Lebbaeus, who was called Thaddaeus,” while codex 13 pc conflate by way of transposition (“Thaddaeus, who was called Lebbaeus”). But excellent witnesses of the earliest texttypes (א B ˹³ 892 pc lat co) call him merely Θαδδαῖος (Qaddaio", “Thaddaeus”), a reading which, because of this support, is most likely correct.