Matthew 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 10:25

10:25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Matthew 10:28

10:28 Do ²  not be afraid of those who kill the body ³  but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ⁴ 

Matthew 11:19

11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, ⁵  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors ⁶  and sinners!’ ⁷  But wisdom is vindicated ⁸  by her deeds.” ⁹ 

Matthew 12:29

12:29 How ¹⁰  else can someone enter a strong man’s ¹¹  house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. ¹² 

Matthew 12:41

12:41 The people ¹³  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ¹⁴  – and now, ¹⁵  something greater than Jonah is here!

Matthew 22:4

22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. ¹⁶  My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

[9:13]  ¹ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

[10:28]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[10:28]  ³ sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.

[10:28]  ⁴ sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

[11:19]  ³ tn Grk “Behold a man.”

[11:19]  ⁴ sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[11:19]  ⁵ sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.

[11:19]  ⁶ tn Or “shown to be right.”

[11:19]  ⁷ tc Most witnesses (B² C D L Θ Ë¹ 33 Ï lat) have “children” (τέκνων, teknwn) here instead of “deeds” (ἔργων, ergwn), but since “children” is the reading of the parallel in Luke 7:35, scribes would be motivated to convert the less colorful “deeds” into more animate offspring of wisdom. Further, ἔργων enjoys support from א B* W (˹³) as well as early versional and patristic support.

[12:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “Or how can.”

[12:29]  ⁵ sn The strong man here pictures Satan.

[12:29]  ⁶ sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.

[12:41]  ⁵ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.a, 2).

[12:41]  ⁶ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

[12:41]  ⁷ tn Grk “behold.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “Behold, I have prepared my dinner.” In some contexts, however, to translate ἄριστον (ariston) as “dinner” somewhat misses the point. L&N 23.22 here suggests, “See now, the feast I have prepared (for you is ready).”