Matthew 13:17

13:17 For I tell you the truth, ¹  many prophets and righteous people longed to see ²  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Matthew 21:32

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although ³  you saw this, you did not later change your minds ⁴  and believe him.

Matthew 24:26

24:26 So then, if someone ⁵  says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ ⁶  do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

Matthew 25:24

25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

Matthew 25:45

25:45 Then he will answer them, ⁷  ‘I tell you the truth, ⁸  just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

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

² 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.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ sn The word translated change your minds is the same verb used in v. 29 (there translated had a change of heart). Jesus is making an obvious comparison here, in which the religious leaders are viewed as the disobedient son.

⁵ tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).

⁶ tn Or “in the desert.”

⁷ tn Grk “answer them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”