Matthew 5:31

Divorce

5:31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’ 1 

Matthew 10:32-33

10:32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges 2  me before people, I will acknowledge 3  before my Father in heaven. 10:33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:38

10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross 4  and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 18:4-5

18:4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 18:5 And whoever welcomes 5  a child like this in my name welcomes me.

Matthew 20:27

20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave 6  –

Matthew 23:20-21

23:20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 23:21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.

1 sn A quotation from Deut 24:1.

2 tn Or “confesses.”

3 tn Grk “I will acknowledge him also.”

sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. On Jesus and judgment, see Luke 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.

4 sn It was customary practice in a Roman crucifixion for the prisoner to be made to carry his own cross. Jesus is speaking figuratively here in the context of rejection. If the priority is not one’s allegiance to Jesus, then one will not follow him in the face of possible rejection.

5 tn This verb, δέχομαι (decomai), is a term of hospitality (L&N 34.53).

6 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.