This verse repeats 1.22 word for word, except that here This substitutes for “All this” of the earlier introductory formula, and “the Lord” is not explicit here. It is implicit, however, and translators can use the same expression here as they did there.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on the Gospel of Matthew. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1988. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .