“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”