Matthew 5:46

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors ¹  do the same, don’t they?

Matthew 6:20

6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 6:28

6:28 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers ²  of the field grow; they do not work ³  or spin.

Matthew 10:5

10:5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: ⁴  “Do not go to Gentile regions ⁵  and do not enter any Samaritan town. ⁶ 

Matthew 26:50

26:50 Jesus ⁷  said to him, “Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and took hold ⁸  of Jesus and arrested him.

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¹ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.

² tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

³ tn Or, traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English reads better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.

⁴ tn Grk “instructing them, saying.”

⁵ tn Grk “on the road of the Gentiles.” That is, a path that leads to Gentile regions.

⁶ tn Grk “town [or city] of the Samaritans.”

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

⁸ tn Grk “and put their hands on Jesus.”