translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: MAT

label: NET translator note

text: Grk “by [the measure] with which you measure it will be measured to you.”


text: Here δέ ( de ) has not been translated.


text: Or “do not notice.”


text: Grk “how will you say?”


text: Or “otherwise the latter will trample them under their feet and the former will turn around and tear you to pieces.” This verse is sometimes understood as a chiasm of the pattern a-b-b-a , in which the first and last clauses belong together (“dogs…turn around and tear you to pieces”) and the second and third clauses belong together (“pigs…trample them under their feet”).


text: Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.


text: Grk “Or is there.”


text: The participle ὄντες ( ontes ) has been translated concessively.


text: Grk “Therefore in.” Here οὖν ( oun ) has not been translated.


text: This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος ( anqrwpo" ), referring to both males and females.


text: Grk “is.”


text: Grk “They do not gather.” This has been simplified to the passive voice in the translation since the subject “they” is not specified further in the context.


text: Grk “rotten.” The word σαπρός , modifying “tree” in both v. 17 and 18 , can also mean “diseased” (L&N 65.28).


text: Grk “and in your name do.” This phrase was not repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Grk “workers of lawlessness.”


text: Grk “Therefore everyone.” Here οὖν ( oun ) has not been translated.


text: Grk “will be like.” The same phrase occurs in v. 26 .


text: Here and in v. 26 the Greek text reads ἀνήρ ( anhr ), while the parallel account in Luke 6:47-49 uses ἄνθρωπος ( anqrwpo" ) in vv. 48 and 49.


text: Grk “the rivers.”


text: Grk “and great was its fall.”


text: Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο ( kai egeneto , “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.


text: Or “their scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4 .