Matthew 13:41
13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. 1
Matthew 15:23
15:23 But he did not answer her a word. Then 2 his disciples came and begged him, 3 “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
Matthew 21:3
21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ 4 and he will send them at once.”
Matthew 26:53
26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions 5 of angels right now?
1 tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”
3 tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
4 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
5 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.