Matthew 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ¹  about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Matthew 17:25

17:25 He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, ²  “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons ³  or from foreigners?”

Matthew 21:19

21:19 After noticing a fig tree ⁴  by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, “Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.

Matthew 21:21

21:21 Jesus ⁵  answered them, “I tell you the truth, ⁶  if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Matthew 24:30

24:30 Then ⁷  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ⁸  and ⁹  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ¹⁰  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ¹¹  with power and great glory.

[6:25]  ¹ tn Or “do not be anxious,” and so throughout the rest of this paragraph.

[17:25]  ² tn Grk “spoke first to him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[17:25]  ³ sn The phrase their sons may mean “their citizens,” but the term “sons” has been retained here in order to preserve the implicit comparison between the Father and his Son, Jesus.

[21:19]  ³ tn Grk “one fig tree.”

[21:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[21:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[24:30]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁶ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ⁷ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

[24:30]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.