Matthew 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 11:16

11:16 “To ²  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, ³ 

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ⁴  it was evening ⁵  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ⁶  starting with the last hired until the first.’

Matthew 26:53

26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ⁷  of angels right now?

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¹ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ sn That is, six o’clock in the evening, the hour to pay day laborers. See Lev 19:13b.

⁶ tc ‡ Most witnesses (including B D W Θ Ë^1,13 33^vid Ï latt sy) have αὐτοῖς (autois, “to them”) after ἀπόδος (apodos, “give the pay”), but this seems to be a motivated reading, clarifying the indirect object. The omission is supported by א C L Z 085 Or. Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes the pronoun on the basis of the greater external attestation.

⁷ sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.