Discovery BoxMatthew 1:12 
Context1:12 After 1 the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, 2 Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Matthew 5:48
Context5:48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. 3
Matthew 11:26
Context11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. 4
1 tn Because of the difference between Greek style, which usually begins a sentence with a conjunction, and English style, which generally does not, the conjunction δέ (de) has not been translated here.
2 sn The Greek text and the KJV read Salathiel. Most modern English translations use the OT form of the name (cf. Ezra 3:2).
3 sn This remark echoes the more common OT statements like Lev 19:2 or Deut 18:13: “you must be holy as I am holy.”
4 tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.
