Matthew 8:18

Challenging Professed Followers

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd ¹  around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. ² 

Matthew 17:13

17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

Matthew 20:3

20:3 When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, ³  he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Matthew 20:5

20:5 So they went. When ⁴  he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, ⁵  he did the same thing.

Matthew 20:9

20:9 When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay. ⁶ 

Matthew 20:24

20:24 Now ⁷  when the other ten ⁸  heard this, ⁹  they were angry with the two brothers.

[8:18]  ¹ tc ‡ Codex B and some Sahidic mss read simply ὄχλον (oclon, “crowd”), the reading that NA²⁷ follows; the first hand of א, as well as ˹ and a few others, has ὄχλους (oclous, “crowds”); other witnesses read πολὺν ὄχλον (polun oclon, “a large crowd”). But the reading most likely to be original seems to be πολλούς ὄχλους (pollou" oclou"). It is found in א² C L Θ 0233 ˹³ 33 Ï lat; it is judged to be superior on internal grounds (the possibility of accidental omission of πολλούς/πολύν in isolated witnesses) and, to a lesser extent, external grounds (geographically widespread, various texttypes). For reasons of English style, however, this phrase has been translated as “a large crowd.”

[8:18]  ² tn The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.

[20:3]  ³ tn Grk “about the third hour.”

[20:5]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “he went out again about the sixth and ninth hour.”

[20:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “each received a denarius.” See the note on the phrase “standard wage” in v. 2.

[20:24]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[20:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the ten.”

[20:24]  ¹¹ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.