Discovery BoxMatthew 6:14 
Context6:14 “For if you forgive others 1 their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 9:5
Context9:5 Which is easier, 2 to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
Matthew 9:29
Context9:29 Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
Matthew 15:2
Context15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their 3 hands when they eat.” 4
Matthew 20:26
Context20:26 It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,
1 tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense: “people, others.”
2 sn Which is easier is a reflective kind of question. On the one hand to declare sins are forgiven is easier, since one does not need to see it, unlike telling a paralyzed person to walk. On the other hand, it is harder, because for it to be true one must possess the authority to forgive the sin.
3 tc ‡ Although most witnesses read the genitive plural pronoun αὐτῶν (autwn, “their”), it may have been motivated by clarification (as it is in the translation above). Several other authorities do not have the pronoun, however (א B Δ 073 Ë1 579 700 892 1424 pc f g1); the lack of an unintentional oversight as the reason for omission strengthens their combined testimony in this shorter reading. NA27 has the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
4 tn Grk “when they eat bread.”
