Matthew 7:23

7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ¹ 

Matthew 9:21

9:21 For she kept saying to herself, ²  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ³ 

Matthew 25:12

25:12 But he replied, ⁴  ‘I tell you the truth, ⁵  I do not know you!’

Matthew 26:32

26:32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

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¹ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

² tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to find the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

³ tn Grk “saved.”

sn In this pericope the author uses a term for being healed (Grk “saved”) that would have spiritual significance to his readers. It may be a double entendre (cf. parallel in Mark 5:28 which uses the same term), since elsewhere he uses verbs that simply mean “heal”: If only the reader would “touch” Jesus, he too would be “saved.”

⁴ tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”