Matthew 3:12

3:12 His winnowing fork ¹  is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, ²  but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.” ³ 

Matthew 8:23

Stilling of a Storm

8:23 As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. ⁴ 

Matthew 9:19

9:19 Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

Matthew 12:21

12:21 And in his name the Gentiles ⁵  will hope.” ⁶ 

Matthew 23:1

Seven Woes

23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

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¹ sn A winnowing fork was a pitchfork-like tool used to toss threshed grain in the air so that the wind blew away the chaff, leaving the grain to fall to the ground. The note of purging is highlighted by the use of imagery involving sifting though threshed grain for the useful kernels.

² tn Or “granary,” “barn” (referring to a building used to store a farm’s produce rather than a building to house livestock).

³ sn The image of fire that cannot be extinguished is from the OT: Job 20:26; Isa 34:8-10; 66:24.

⁴ sn A boat that held all the disciples would be of significant size.

⁵ tn Or “the nations” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

⁶ sn Verses 18-21 are a quotation from Isa 42:1-4.