Matthew 5:15

5:15 People ¹  do not light a lamp and put it under a basket ²  but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Matthew 9:11-12

9:11 When the Pharisees ³  saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ⁴  9:12 When ⁵  Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ⁶ 

Matthew 10:19

10:19 Whenever ⁷  they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, ⁸  for what you should say will be given to you at that time. ⁹ 

Matthew 14:9

14:9 Although it grieved the king, ¹⁰  because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

Matthew 16:8

16:8 When Jesus learned of this, ¹¹  he said, “You who have such little faith! ¹²  Why are you arguing ¹³  among yourselves about having no bread?

Matthew 18:17

18:17 If ¹⁴  he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If ¹⁵  he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like ¹⁶  a Gentile ¹⁷  or a tax collector. ¹⁸ 

Matthew 26:10

26:10 When ¹⁹  Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She ²⁰  has done a good service for me.

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¹ tn Grk “Nor do they light.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

² tn Or “a bowl”; this refers to any container for dry material of about eight liters (two gallons) capacity. It could be translated “basket, box, bowl” (L&N 6.151).

³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

⁴ sn The issue here is inappropriate associations. Jews were very careful about personal associations and contact as a matter of ritual cleanliness. Their question borders on an accusation that Jesus is ritually unclean.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ sn Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is healthy (or who thinks mistakenly that he is) will not seek treatment.

⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “how or what you might speak.”

⁹ tn Grk “in that hour.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “and being grieved, the king commanded.”

sn Herod was technically not a king, but this reflects popular usage. See the note on tetrarch in 14:1.

¹¹ tn Or “becoming aware of it.”

¹² tn Grk “Those of little faith.”

¹³ tn Or “discussing.”

¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁶ tn Grk “let him be to you as.”

¹⁷ tn Or “a pagan.”

¹⁸ sn To treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector means not to associate with such a person. See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

¹⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²⁰ tn Grk “For she.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.