Discovery BoxMatthew 5:19 
Context5:19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others 1 to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 13:15
Context13:15 For the heart of this people has become dull;
they are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’ 2
Matthew 15:32
Context15:32 Then Jesus called the 3 disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”
Matthew 17:20
Context17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, 4 if you have faith the size of 5 a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing 6 will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 19:28
Context19:28 Jesus 7 said to them, “I tell you the truth: 8 In the age when all things are renewed, 9 when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging 10 the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 21:21
Context21:21 Jesus 11 answered them, “I tell you the truth, 12 if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
1 tn Grk “teaches men” ( in a generic sense, people).
2 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10. Thus parables both conceal or reveal depending on whether one is open to hearing what they teach.
3 tc ‡ Although the external evidence is not great (א W Θ 700 pc), the internal evidence for the omission of αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after “disciples” is fairly strong. The pronoun may have been added by way of clarification. NA27, however, includes the pronoun, on the basis of the much stronger external evidence.
4 tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.
5 tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”
6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
8 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
9 sn The Greek term translated the age when all things are renewed (παλιγγενεσία, palingenesia) is understood as a reference to the Messianic age, the time when all things are renewed and restored (cf. Rev 21:5).
10 sn The statement you…will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel looks at the future authority the Twelve will have when Jesus returns. They will share in Israel’s judgment.
11 tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
12 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
