Matthew 5:24

5:24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

Matthew 7:3-5

7:3 Why ¹  do you see the speck ²  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ³  the beam of wood ⁴  in your own? 7:4 Or how can you say ⁵  to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own? 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Matthew 14:3

14:3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, ⁶  and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 17:1

The Transfiguration

17:1 Six days later ⁷  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, ⁸  and led them privately up a high mountain.

Matthew 18:21

18:21 Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother ⁹  who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 18:35

18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your ¹⁰  brother ¹¹  from your heart.”

Matthew 22:25

22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

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¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn The term translated speck refers to a small piece of wood, chaff, or straw; see L&N 3.66.

³ tn Or “do not notice.”

⁴ sn The term beam of wood refers to a very big piece of wood, the main beam of a building, in contrast to the speck in the other’s eye (L&N 7.78).

⁵ tn Grk “how will you say?”

⁶ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א² C D L W Z Θ 0106 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read αὐτόν (auton, “him”) here as a way of clarifying the direct object; various important witnesses lack the word, however (א* B 700 pc ff¹ h q). The original wording most likely lacked it, but it has been included here due to English style. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

⁷ tn Grk “And after six days.”

⁸ tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.

⁹ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.

¹⁰ tn Grk “his.” The pronoun has been translated to follow English idiom (the last pronoun of the verse [“from your heart”] is second person plural in the original).

¹¹ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.