Matthew 26:34

26:34 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ¹  on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever ²  they persecute you in one place, ³  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ⁴  you will not finish going through all the towns ⁵  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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 ⁶  will not overpower it.

Matthew 26:31

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ⁷ 

Matthew 12:45

12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ⁸  the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

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

² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

⁴ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

⁵ 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.”

³ tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

⁴ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.