Matthew 15:5
Context15:5 But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 1
Matthew 15:17
Context15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? 2
Matthew 18:19
Context18:19 Again, I tell you the truth, 3 if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 4
1 tn Grk “is a gift,” that is, something dedicated to God.
2 tn Or “into the latrine.”
3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
4 tn Grk “if two of you…agree about whatever they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the pronouns, which change from second person plural to third person plural in the Greek text, have been consistently translated as second person plural.