Discovery BoxMatthew 5:25 
Context5:25 Reach agreement 1 quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, 2 or he 3 may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.
Matthew 6:6
Context6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, 4 close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 5
Matthew 11:23
Context11:23 And you, Capernaum, 6 will you be exalted to heaven? 7 No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 8 For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.
Matthew 11:25
Context11:25 At that time Jesus said, 9 “I praise 10 you, Father, Lord 11 of heaven and earth, because 12 you have hidden these things from the wise 13 and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
Matthew 12:32
Context12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. 14 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, 15 either in this age or in the age to come.
Matthew 16:19
Context16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
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 16 and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 24:3
Context24:3 As 17 he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things 18 happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
1 tn Grk “Make friends.”
2 tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
3 tn Grk “the accuser.”
4 sn The term translated room refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).
5 tc See the tc note on “will reward you” in 6:4: The problem is the same and the ms support differs only slightly.
6 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.
map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.
7 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.
8 sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).
9 tn Grk “At that time, answering, Jesus said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
10 tn Or “thank.”
11 sn The title Lord is an important name for God, showing his sovereignty, but it is interesting that it comes next to a reference to the Father, a term indicative of God’s care. The two concepts are often related in the NT; see Eph 1:3-6.
12 tn Or “that.”
13 sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31.
14 tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”
15 tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”
sn Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this sin. Three things must be kept in mind: (1) the nature of the sin is to ascribe what is the obvious work of the Holy Spirit (e.g., releasing people from Satan’s power) to Satan himself; (2) it is not simply a momentary doubt or sinful attitude, but is indeed a settled condition which opposes the Spirit’s work, as typified by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus; and (3) a person who is concerned about it has probably never committed this sin, for those who commit it here (i.e., the religious leaders) are not in the least concerned about Jesus’ warning.
16 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.
17 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
18 sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.
