Matthew 5:48
5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 1
Matthew 10:9
10:9 Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,
Matthew 10:30
10:30 Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 11:26
11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. 2
Matthew 22:39
22:39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 3
Matthew 23:11
23:11 The 4 greatest among you will be your servant.
Matthew 23:32
23:32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!
Matthew 23:38
23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate!
1 sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”
2 tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.
3 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.
4 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.