Discovery BoxMatthew 4:23 
Context4:23 Jesus 1 went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, 2 preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.
Matthew 13:22
Context13:22 The 3 seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth 4 choke the word, 5 so it produces nothing.
Matthew 16:8
Context16:8 When Jesus learned of this, 6 he said, “You who have such little faith! 7 Why are you arguing 8 among yourselves about having no bread?
Matthew 22:25
Context22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
Matthew 28:15
Context28:15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. 9
1 tn Grk “And he.”
2 sn Synagogues were places for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”
5 sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.
6 tn Or “becoming aware of it.”
7 tn Grk “Those of little faith.”
8 tn Or “discussing.”
9 tc ‡ The word ἡμέρας (Jhmeras, “day”) is found after σήμερον (shmeron, “today, this [day]”) in some early and important witnesses (B D L Θ lat), but may be a clarifying (or perhaps redundant) note. The shorter reading (found in א A W 0148vid Ë1,13 33 Ï) is thus preferred. NA27 includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.
