Matthew 20:11-15

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn The imperfect verb ἐγόγγυζον (egonguzon) has been translated ingressively.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the landowner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “And answering, he said to one of them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁵ tn Grk “for a denarius a day.”

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Grk “this last one,” translated as “this last man” because field laborers in 1st century Palestine were men.

⁸ tc ‡ Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (h, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 Ë^1,13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi) – the last word of v. 14 – would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early mss (B D; among later witnesses, note L Z Θ 700) and since mss were probably copied predominantly by sight rather than by sound, even into the later centuries, the omission of ἤ cannot be accounted for as easily. Thus the shorter reading is most likely original. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

⁹ tn Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?”