Matthew 7:6

7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. ¹ 

Matthew 12:39

12:39 But he answered them, ²  “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 16:19

16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

Matthew 16:26

16:26 For what does it benefit a person ³  if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 19:21

19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money ⁴  to the poor, and you will have treasure ⁵  in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Matthew 20:23

20:23 He told them, “You will drink my cup, ⁶  but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ⁷  entered the temple courts, ⁸  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ⁹  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ¹⁰  after the suffering ¹¹  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ¹² 

Matthew 24:45

The Faithful and Wise Slave

24:45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave, ¹³  whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves ¹⁴  their food at the proper time?

Matthew 26:26

The Lord’s Supper

26:26 While ¹⁵  they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.”

[7:6]  ¹ tn Or “otherwise the latter will trample them under their feet and the former will turn around and tear you to pieces.” This verse is sometimes understood as a chiasm of the pattern a-b-b-a, in which the first and last clauses belong together (“dogs…turn around and tear you to pieces”) and the second and third clauses belong together (“pigs…trample them under their feet”).

[12:39]  ² tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[16:26]  ³ tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.

[19:21]  ⁴ tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[19:21]  ⁵ sn The call for sacrifice comes with a promise of eternal reward: You will have treasure in heaven. Jesus’ call is a test to see how responsive the man is to God’s direction through him. Will he walk the path God’s agent calls him to walk? For a rich person who got it right, see Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10.

[20:23]  ⁵ tc See the tc note on “about to drink” in v. 22.

[21:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ⁸ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

[24:29]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁸ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[24:45]  ⁸ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[24:45]  ⁹ tn Grk “give them.”

[26:26]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.