Discovery BoxMatthew 5:31 
ContextDivorce
5:31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’ 1
Matthew 20:27
Context20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave 2 –
Matthew 24:17-18
Context24:17 The one on the roof 3 must not come down 4 to take anything out of his house, 24:18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
Matthew 26:54
Context26:54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
1 sn A quotation from Deut 24:1.
2 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
3 sn On the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.
4 sn The swiftness and devastation of the judgment will require a swift escape. There will be no time to come down from the roof and pick up anything from inside one’s home.
