Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

He answered, “I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”

Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.”

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”

(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.