25:1"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.25:2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.25:3Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,25:4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.25:5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.25:6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'25:7Then all those virgins arose, andtrimmed their lamps.25:8The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'25:9But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'25:10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.25:11Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'25:12But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'25:13Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
25:14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.25:15To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.25:16Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.25:17In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.25:18But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
25:19"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.25:20He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
25:21"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
25:22"He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'
25:23"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
25:24"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.25:25I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'
25:26"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.25:27You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.25:28Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.25:29For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.25:30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
25:31"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.25:32Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.25:33He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.25:34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;25:35for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;25:36naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'
25:37"Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?25:38When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?25:39When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
25:40"The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these mybrothers, you did it to me.'25:41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;25:42for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;25:43I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
25:44"Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
25:45"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'25:46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
26:1It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,26:2"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.26:4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.26:5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,26:7a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.26:8But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?26:9For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."
26:10However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.26:11For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.26:12For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.26:13Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
26:14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,26:15and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.26:16From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
26:17Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
26:18He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
26:19The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.26:20Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.26:21As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
26:22They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
26:23He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.26:24The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
26:25Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?"
He said to him, "You said it."
26:26As they were eating, Jesus took bread,gave thanks forit, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."26:27He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it,26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.26:29But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom."26:30When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
26:31Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'*26:32But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
26:33But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
26:34Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
26:35Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."26:37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.26:38Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
26:39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
26:40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?26:41Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
26:42Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."26:43He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.26:44He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.26:45Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.26:46Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
26:47While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.26:48Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."26:49Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
26:50Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.26:51Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.26:52Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.26:53Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?26:54How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.26:56But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples left him, and fled.26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.26:58But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;26:60and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,26:61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
26:62The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"26:63But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
26:64Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.26:66What do you think?"
They answered, "He is worthy of death!"26:67Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,26:68saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
26:70But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
26:71When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
26:72Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
26:73After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."
26:74Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!"
Immediately the rooster crowed.26:75Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.
27:1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:27:2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.27:3Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,27:4saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood."
But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
27:5He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.27:6The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."27:7They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.27:8Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.27:9Then that which was spoken throughJeremiahthe prophet was fulfilled, saying,
27:11Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
Jesus said to him, "So you say."
27:12When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.27:13Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"
27:14He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.27:15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.27:16They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.27:17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"27:18For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
27:19While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.27:21But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"
They said, "Barabbas!"
27:22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?"
They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
27:23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
27:24So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
27:25All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
27:26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.27:27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.27:28They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.27:29They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"27:30They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.27:31When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
27:32As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.27:33They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."27:34They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.27:35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,*27:36and they sat and watched him there.27:37They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
27:38Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.27:39Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,27:40and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
27:41Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes,the Pharisees,and the elders, said,27:42"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"27:44The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
27:45Now from thesixth hourthere was darkness over all the land until theninth hour.27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli,limasabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"*
27:47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
27:48Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.27:49The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."
27:50Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.27:51Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.27:52The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;27:53and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.27:54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
27:55Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.27:56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.27:57When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.27:58This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.27:59Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,27:60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.27:61Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.27:62Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,27:63saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'27:64Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
27:65Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."27:66So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
28:1Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.28:2Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.28:3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.28:4For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.28:5The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.28:6He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.28:7Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
28:8They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.28:9As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!"
They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
28:10Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell mybrothersthat they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
28:11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.28:12When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,28:13saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.28:14If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."28:15So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.
28:16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.28:17When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.28:19Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Notes:
[1]back to 1:1Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean "Anointed One"
[2]back to 1:16"Jesus" means "Salvation."
[3]back to 1:23Isaiah 7:14
[4]back to 2:1The word for "wise men" (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.
[5]back to 2:6Micah 5:2
[6]back to 2:15Hosea 11:1
[7]back to 2:18Jeremiah 31:15
[8]back to 3:3Isaiah 40:3
[9]back to 3:6or, immersed
[10]back to 3:7or, immersion
[11]back to 3:11or, immerse
[12]back to 3:11TR and NU add "and with fire"
[13]back to 4:4Deuteronomy 8:3
[14]back to 4:6Psalm 91:11-12
[15]back to 4:7Deuteronomy 6:16
[16]back to 4:10TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"
[17]back to 4:10Deuteronomy 6:13
[18]back to 4:16Isaiah 9:1-2
[19]back to 4:18TR reads "Jesus" instead of "he"
[20]back to 5:3Isaiah 57:15; 66:2
[21]back to 5:4Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13
[22]back to 5:5or, land. Psalm 37:11
[23]back to 5:18literally, iota
[24]back to 5:18or, serif
[25]back to 5:21Exodus 20:13
[26]back to 5:22NU omits "without a cause".
[27]back to 5:22"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
[28]back to 5:22or, Hell
[29]back to 5:26literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.
[30]back to 5:27TR adds "to the ancients,"
[31]back to 5:27Exodus 20:14
[32]back to 5:29or, Hell
[33]back to 5:30or, Hell
[34]back to 5:31Deuteronomy 24:1
[35]back to 5:38Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
[36]back to 5:43Leviticus 19:18
[37]back to 5:43not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
[38]back to 6:13NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen."
[39]back to 6:27literally, cubit
[40]back to 7:14TR reads "Because" instead of "How"
[41]back to 8:15TR reads "them" instead of "him"
[42]back to 8:17Isaiah 53:4
[43]back to 8:28NU reads "Gadarenes"
[44]back to 9:13Hosea 6:6
[45]back to 9:13NU omits "to repentance".
[46]back to 9:20or, tassel
[47]back to 9:36TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"
[48]back to 10:3NU omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"
[49]back to 10:8TR adds ", raise the dead"
[50]back to 10:28or, Hell.
[51]back to 10:29An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).
[52]back to 10:36Micah 7:6
[53]back to 11:5Isaiah 35:5
[54]back to 11:5Isaiah 61:1-4
[55]back to 11:10Malachi 3:1
[56]back to 11:12or, plunder it.
[57]back to 11:19NU reads "actions" instead of "children"
[58]back to 11:23or, Hell
[59]back to 12:41 Samuel 21:3-6
[60]back to 12:7Hosea 6:6
[61]back to 12:21Isaiah 42:1-4
[62]back to 12:35TR adds "of the heart"
[63]back to 13:15Isaiah 6:9-10
[64]back to 13:25darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.
[65]back to 13:33literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel
[66]back to 13:35Psalm 78:2
[67]back to 13:55or, Judah
[68]back to 14:25The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 A. M. to sunrise.
[69]back to 14:25see Job 9:8
[70]back to 14:27or, I AM!
[71]back to 14:36or, tassel
[72]back to 15:4Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
[73]back to 15:4Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
[74]back to 15:9Isaiah 29:13
[75]back to 16:18Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
[76]back to 16:18Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
[77]back to 16:18or, Hell
[78]back to 17:24A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days' wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver.
[79]back to 17:27A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people.
[80]back to 18:9or, Hell
[81]back to 18:16Deuteronomy 19:15
[82]back to 18:24Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.
[83]back to 18:28100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent.
[84]back to 19:4Genesis 1:27
[85]back to 19:5Genesis 2:24
[86]back to 19:19Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
[87]back to 19:19Leviticus 19:18
[88]back to 20:2A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.
[89]back to 20:3Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.
[90]back to 20:5noon and 3:00 P. M.
[91]back to 20:65:00 PM
[92]back to 20:26TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall be"
[93]back to 21:1TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"
[94]back to 21:5Zechariah 9:9
[95]back to 21:9"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."
[96]back to 21:9Psalm 118:26
[97]back to 21:13Isaiah 56:7
[98]back to 21:13Jeremiah 7:11
[99]back to 21:16Psalm 8:2
[100]back to 21:42Psalm 118:22-23
[101]back to 22:32Exodus 3:6
[102]back to 22:37Deuteronomy 6:5
[103]back to 22:39Leviticus 19:18
[104]back to 22:44Psalm 110:1
[105]back to 23:5phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.
[106]back to 23:5or, tassels
[107]back to 23:14Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.
[108]back to 23:15or, Hell
[109]back to 23:23cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.
[110]back to 23:25TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"
[111]back to 23:33or, Hell
[112]back to 23:39Psalm 118:26
[113]back to 24:15Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
[114]back to 24:28or, eagles
[115]back to 24:29Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
[116]back to 24:34The word for "generation" (genea) can also be translated as "race."
[117]back to 25:7The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.
[118]back to 25:40The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
[119]back to 26:26TR reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"
[120]back to 26:31Zechariah 13:7
[121]back to 27:9some manuscripts omit "Jeremiah"
[122]back to 27:10Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9
[123]back to 27:35TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]
[124]back to 27:41TR omits "the Pharisees"
[125]back to 27:45noon
[126]back to 27:453:00 P. M.
[127]back to 27:46TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"
[128]back to 27:46Psalm 22:1
[129]back to 28:10The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."