Matthew 14:15

14:15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This is an isolated place ¹  and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 20:23

20:23 He told them, “You will drink my cup, ²  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 21:25

21:25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” ³  They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

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¹ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

² tc See the tc note on “about to drink” in v. 22.

³ tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used here (and in v. 26) in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NAB, NRSV, “of human origin”; TEV, “from human beings”; NLT, “merely human”).

sn The question is whether John’s ministry was of divine or human origin.