Matthew 10:15

10:15 I tell you the truth, ¹  it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah ²  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. ³ 

Matthew 25:25

25:25 so ⁴  I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’

¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

² 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.

³ 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.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.