Matthew 6:2

6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ¹  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ²  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ³  they have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

Private Prayer

6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues ⁴  and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 8:10

8:10 When ⁵  Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, ⁶  I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

Matthew 15:30

15:30 Then ⁷  large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They ⁸  laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Matthew 20:12

20:12 saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

Matthew 26:64-65

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ⁹  of the Power ¹⁰  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ¹¹  26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ¹²  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ¹³  you have heard the blasphemy!

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¹ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).

² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁴ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

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

⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

¹⁰ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

¹¹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).

¹² tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

¹³ tn Grk “Behold now.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).