Matthew 25:12-14

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Matthew 25:12 tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
2. Matthew 25:12 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
3. Matthew 25:13 tc Most later mss (C³ Γ ƒ¹³ 1241 1424^c M) add here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |ē ho huios tou anthrōpou erchetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses (P³⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ ƒ¹ 33 565 892 1424* al lat co) lack this phrase.
4. Matthew 25:14 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.