Mt 23:17 cut "to use" since "dedication" does not imply use except as suggesting glory and honor. To say "to use" implies God will somehow manipulate it.
Mt 23:13 cut redundant wording in the last two sentences. This did read: "You are like men who close a gate so that others cannot enter God's city. You yourselves do not want to go in, and you keep others from entering, too." I cut both sentences because this added a simile not in the original and the redundancy could confuse the MTTs.
Mt 23:13 changed wording about kingdom from: "because you keep people from accepting him to rule over them." to what you see. I restored the word "heaven" since this is an important concept in Matthew that should not be lost. The rule of heaven includes Jesus, the Christ, as ruler and as God which is part of Matthew's distinct message compared to the other gospels.
Mt 23:10 cut personal reference for Jesus as the Christ since Jesus does not refer to himself this way until after the resurrection except by allusion.
Matthew 22:16 cut out a lot of the material already in the notes that serves here as background information and is not in the narrative text. ", who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay. They also sent some members of the party that supported King Herod. The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay."
Also, "even if it is an important person who does not like what you teach" to what you see.
Matt 21:43 cut extra clause, "So, because you reject me, I am going to tell you this:" to make it as you see. Also changed the tense of the main verb to the present continuative.
Matt 21:42 cut extra clause, "That is right, so" This is not in the text, not needed for the narrative flow and gives the impression that Jesus commended the rulers.
Matt 21:20 change wording, "We are astonished that" since this just repeats the introductory clause "They were astonished and said..." Also, the quote becomes a question which it is in the Greek NA28.
Matt 21:19 change wording, "immediately started to dry up." changed to what you see. There is no textual indication of "started to" but only that the tree did dry up immediately.
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