Matthew 7:17

7:17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad ¹  tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 18:14

18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Matthew 26:44

26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

Matthew 27:41

27:41 In ²  the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ³  and elders ⁴  – were mocking him: ⁵ 

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¹ tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying “tree” in both v. 17 and 18, can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).

² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

³ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

⁴ tn Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

⁵ tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said.”