Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever ¹  they persecute you in one place, ²  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ³  you will not finish going through all the towns ⁴  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 10:42

10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, ⁵  he will never lose his reward.”

Matthew 11:11

11:11 “I tell you the truth, ⁶  among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least ⁷  in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

Matthew 13:17

13:17 For I tell you the truth, ⁸  many prophets and righteous people longed to see ⁹  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Matthew 13:30

13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At ¹⁰  harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then ¹¹  gather ¹²  the wheat into my barn.”’”

Matthew 16:18

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ¹³  will not overpower it.

Matthew 24:2

24:2 And he said to them, ¹⁴  “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, ¹⁵  not one stone will be left on another. ¹⁶  All will be torn down!” ¹⁷ 

Matthew 26:29

26:29 I ¹⁸  tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit ¹⁹  of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Matthew 26:39

26:39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, ²⁰  “My Father, if possible, ²¹  let this cup ²²  pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Matthew 27:19

27:19 As ²³  he was sitting on the judgment seat, ²⁴  his wife sent a message ²⁵  to him: ²⁶  “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; ²⁷  I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream ²⁸  about him today.”

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

³ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

⁴ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹⁰ sn After John comes a shift of eras. The new era is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of God) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era.

¹³ tn Grk “truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.”

¹⁴ sn This is what past prophets and righteous people had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2.

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁸ tn Grk “but.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “burned, but gather.”

²¹ tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

²⁵ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.

²⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

²⁷ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

²⁸ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

²⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³⁰ tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

³³ tn Grk “ground, praying and saying.” Here the participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³⁴ tn Grk “if it is possible.”

³⁵ sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.

³⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³⁸ tn Or “the judge’s seat.”

³⁹ tn The word “message” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁴⁰ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴¹ tn The Greek particle γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated here.

⁴² tn Or “suffered greatly in a dream.” See the discussion on the construction κατ᾿ ὄναρ (kat’ onar) in BDAG 710 s.v. ὄναρ.