Discovery BoxMatthew 13:22 
Context13:22 The 1 seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth 2 choke the word, 3 so it produces nothing.
Matthew 22:12
Context22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say. 4
Matthew 23:18
Context23:18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. 5 But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’
Matthew 24:39
Context24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. 6 It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man. 7
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”
3 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.
4 tn Grk “he was silent.”
5 tn Grk “Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing.”
6 sn Like the flood that came and took them all away, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.
7 tn Grk “So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.”
