Matthew 6:27

6:27 And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? ¹ 

Matthew 27:14

27:14 But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed.

Matthew 23:15

23:15 “Woe to you, experts in the law ²  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, ³  and when you get one, ⁴  you make him twice as much a child of hell ⁵  as yourselves!

Matthew 5:36

5:36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

Matthew 6:22

6:22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, ⁶  your whole body will be full of light.

Matthew 13:46

13:46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

Matthew 26:34

26:34 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁷  on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Matthew 26:75

26:75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. ⁸ 

Matthew 18:10

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

18:10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:19

21:19 After noticing a fig tree ⁹  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.

[6:27]  ¹ tn Or “a cubit to his height.” A cubit (πῆχυς, phcu") can measure length (normally about 45 cm or 18 inches) or time (a small unit, “hour” is usually used [BDAG 812 s.v.] although “day” has been suggested [L&N 67.151]). The term ἡλικία (Jhlikia) is ambiguous in the same way as πῆχυς (phcus). Most scholars take the term to describe age or length of life here, although a few refer it to bodily stature (see BDAG 436 s.v. 3 for discussion). Worry about length of life seems a more natural figure than worry about height. However, the point either way is clear: Worrying adds nothing to life span or height.

[23:15]  ² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:15]  ³ tn Or “one proselyte.”

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “when he becomes [one].”

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “a son of Gehenna.” Expressions constructed with υἱός (Juios) followed by a genitive of class or kind denote a person belonging to the class or kind specified by the following genitive (L&N 9.4). Thus the phrase here means “a person who belongs to hell.”

[6:22]  ³ tn Or “sound” (so L&N 23.132 and most scholars). A few scholars take this word to mean something like “generous” here (L&N 57.107). partly due to the immediate context concerning money, in which case the “eye” is a metonymy for the entire person (“if you are generous”).

[26:34]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[26:75]  ⁵ sn When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had.

[21:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “one fig tree.”