Matthew 12:45
12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 1 the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”
Matthew 17:27
17:27 But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. 2 Take that and give it to them for me and you.”
Matthew 27:64
27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body 3 and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.
2 sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, stathr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).
3 tn Grk “him.”