Matthew 10:15

10:15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Matthew 25:25

25:25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’

tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

sn The allusion to Sodom and Gomorrah, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious than the worst sins of the old era and will result in more severe punishment.

sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.