Matius 9:13

9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matius 16:18

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ²  will not overpower it.

Matius 24:30

24:30 Then ³  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ⁴  and ⁵  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ⁶  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ⁷  with power and great glory.

[9:13]  ¹ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

[16:18]  ² tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

[16:18]  sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14). Some translations render this by its modern equivalent, “hell”; others see it as a reference to the power of death.

[24:30]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁴ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ⁵ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

[24:30]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.