Discovery BoxMatthew 7:17 
Context7:17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad 1 tree bears bad fruit.
Matthew 18:14
Context18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
Matthew 26:44
Context26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.
Matthew 27:41
Context27:41 In 2 the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law 3 and elders 4 – were mocking him: 5
1 tn Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός, modifying “tree” in both v. 17 and 18, can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
3 tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
4 tn Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.
5 tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said.”
