Discovery BoxMatthew 4:18 
Context4:18 As 1 he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). 2
Matthew 4:21
Context4:21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat 3 with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then 4 he called them.
Matthew 19:29
Context19:29 And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much 5 and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 25:40
Context25:40 And the king will answer them, 6 ‘I tell you the truth, 7 just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters 8 of mine, you did it for me.’
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn The two phrases in this verse placed in parentheses are explanatory comments by the author, parenthetical in nature.
3 tn Or “their boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do here); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats), while Matthew does not.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
5 sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (a hundred times as much) and (2) eternal life will be given.
6 tn Grk “answering, the king will say to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
7 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
8 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). In this context Jesus is ultimately speaking of his “followers” (whether men or women, adults or children), but the familial connotation of “brothers and sisters” is also important to retain here.
