Discovery BoxMatthew 14:15 
Context14:15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This is an isolated place 1 and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
Matthew 21:25
Context21:25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” 2 They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
Matthew 23:4
Context23:4 They 3 tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
1 tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).
2 tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used here (and in v. 26) in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NAB, NRSV, “of human origin”; TEV, “from human beings”; NLT, “merely human”).
sn The question is whether John’s ministry was of divine or human origin.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
