Matthew 7:16

7:16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered ¹  from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? ² 

Matthew 9:30

9:30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this.”

Matthew 10:17

10:17 Beware ³  of people, because they will hand you over to councils ⁴  and flog ⁵  you in their synagogues. ⁶ 

Matthew 11:1

11:1 When ⁷  Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

Matthew 14:14

14:14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 15:27

15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, ⁸  “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ⁹ 

Matthew 21:7

21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks ¹⁰  on them, and he sat on them.

Matthew 24:19

24:19 Woe ¹¹  to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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¹ tn Grk “They do not gather.” This has been simplified to the passive voice in the translation since the subject “they” is not specified further in the context.

² sn The statement illustrates the principle: That which cannot produce fruit does not produce fruit.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

⁵ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

⁷ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “she said.”

⁹ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “garments”; but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13.

¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.