Matthew 3:1

The Ministry of John the Baptist

3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness ¹  of Judea proclaiming,

Matthew 5:6

5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger ²  and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

Matthew 5:10

5:10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 5:44

5:44 But I say to you, love your enemy and ³  pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 21:40

21:40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matthew 25:19

25:19 After ⁴  a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

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¹ tn Or “desert.”

² sn Those who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

³ tc Most mss ([D] L [W] Θ Ë¹³ 33 Ï lat) read “bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you,” before “those who persecute you.” But this is surely a motivated reading, importing the longer form of this aphorism from Luke 6:27-28. The shorter text is found in א B ˹ pc sa, as well as several fathers and versional witnesses.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.