Discovery BoxMatthew 5:20 
Context5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law 1 and the Pharisees, 2 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 12:43
Context12:43 “When 3 an unclean spirit 4 goes out of a person, 5 it passes through waterless places 6 looking for rest but 7 does not find it.
Matthew 15:11
Context15:11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what 8 comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
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? 9
1 tn Or “that of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
2 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.
5 tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females. This same use occurs in v. 45.
6 sn The background for the reference to waterless places is not entirely clear, though some Jewish texts suggest spirits must have a place to dwell, but not with water (Luke 8:29-31; Tob 8:3). Some suggest that the image of the desert or deserted cities as the places demons dwell is where this idea started (Isa 13:21; 34:14).
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
8 tn Grk “but what.”
9 tn Or “into the latrine.”
