Matthew 7:23

7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ¹ 

Matthew 10:32

10:32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges ²  me before people, I will acknowledge ³  before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 11:20

Woes on Unrepentant Cities

11:20 Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities ⁴  in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

Matthew 13:16

13:16 “But your eyes are blessed ⁵  because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 26:3

26:3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Matthew 27:27

27:27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence ⁶  and gathered the whole cohort ⁷  around him.

[7:23]  ¹ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

[10:32]  ² tn Or “confesses.”

[10:32]  ³ tn Grk “I will acknowledge him also.”

[11:20]  ³ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis) which can be translated “city” or “town.” “Cities” was chosen here to emphasize the size of the places Jesus’ mentions in the following verses.

[13:16]  ⁴ sn This beatitude highlights the great honor bestowed on the disciples to share in this salvation.

[27:27]  ⁵ tn Or “into their headquarters”; Grk “into the praetorium.”

[27:27]  ⁶ sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.