When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed.

For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

But I tell you that anyone who gets angry with his brother will have to answer to the court, and anyone who speaks contemptuously to his brother will have to answer to the great council, and anyone who says to his brother 'You cursed fool!' will have to answer for it in the fiery pit!

I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the last penny!

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with desire has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife on any ground, except unfaithfulness, makes her commit adultery, and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery.

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too;

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors,

So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get!

"When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get!

"When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, wondering what you will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body than clothes?

Why should you worry about clothing? See how the wild flowers grow. They do not toil or spin,

and yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was never dressed like one of them.

You can tell them by their fruit. Do people pick grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles?

So you can tell them by their fruit.

Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go! Show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure, offer the gift that Moses prescribed."

For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Whatever town or village you come to, inquire for some suitable person, and stay with him till you leave the place.

I tell you, the land of Sodom and Gomorrah will fare better on the Day of Judgment than that town.

But when they persecute you in one town, make your escape to another, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives.

What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops.

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet!

"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

But I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!

But I tell you that the land of Sodom will fare better on the Day of Judgment than you will!"

Come to me, all of you who toil and are burdened, and I will let you rest.

But I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple here!

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!'

For I tell you, many prophets and upright men have longed to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it.

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

Then he warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned them, saying, "Do not tell anyone of the vision you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

"Beware of feeling scornful of one single little child, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have continual access to my Father in heaven.

And if he happens to find it, I tell you he rejoices more over it than he does over the ninety-nine that did not stray.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector.

"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times over, I tell you, but seventy-seven times over!

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife on any ground but her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!

And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

Jesus said to them, "In the new world, I tell you, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel!

"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

"That, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people that will produce its proper fruit.

He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" '

So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.

So do everything they tell you, and observe it all, but do not do as they do, for they talk but do not act.

"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.

I tell you, all this will come upon this age!

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!' "

But he answered, "Do you see all this? I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another but shall be torn down."

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property.

But he answered, 'I tell you, I do not know you!'

The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'

I tell you, wherever this good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

And as they were eating, he said, "I tell you, one of you will betray me!"

And I tell you I will never drink this product of the vine again till the day when I shall drink the new wine with you in my Father's kingdom!"

Jesus said to him, "I tell you, tonight, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times!"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"

Give orders, therefore, to have the tomb closely guarded till the third day, so that his disciples cannot come and steal him, and then tell the people that he is risen from the dead, and that delusion be worse than the other was."

Now go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee before you. You will see him there.' Now I have given you my message."

And they hurried away from the tomb frightened and yet overjoyed, and ran to tell the news to his disciples.

Jesus said to them, "You need not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee and they will see me there."

and said to them, "Tell people that his disciples came in the night and stole him away while you were asleep.