Matthew 5:48

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

Matthew 6:14

6:14 “For if you forgive others ²  their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 23:9

23:9 And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:32

6:32 For the unconverted ³  pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 15:13

15:13 And he replied, ⁴  “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Matthew 18:35

18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your ⁵  brother ⁶  from your heart.”

Matthew 6:26

6:26 Look at the birds in the sky: ⁷  They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds ⁸  them. Aren’t you more valuable ⁹  than they are?

[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.”

[6:14]  ² tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense: “people, others.”

[6:32]  ³ tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”

[15:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “And answering, he said.”

[18:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “his.” The pronoun has been translated to follow English idiom (the last pronoun of the verse [“from your heart”] is second person plural in the original).

[18:35]  ⁶ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.

[6:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[6:26]  ⁷ tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”

[6:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “of more value.”