Interestingly, no one but JESUS ever says this phrase followed by a startling statement! Check out this presentation to see what He says...

1. TRULY, TRULY, I SAY
UNTO YOU…
SAYINGS OF LORD JESUS CHRIST

2. “Truly, Truly, I say unto you” (or) “I
tell you the truth” (or) “Verily I say
unto thee” (or) "Amen, Amen I
say to you" (or) "Most certainly I
tell you“ (or) “Truly I tell you”
All these phrases implies the
same meaning and Many
scholars have noticed that
Jesus uses this as a prefix
phrase when He is about to
say something that should be
listened to with care!
Interestingly, no one but
Jesus ever says it.
We’re too used to hearing
the phrase to appreciate the
astonishing authority it
expresses and the often
solemn nature of the
announcement that follows.
In every one of the (nearly)
79 times (in New Testament,
Bible) Jesus uses this
introductory phrase, He
simply says it and then
makes a startling statement.

3. IMPORTANCE
OF GOD’S
WORD
“For truly I say unto you, until heaven and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by
any means disappear from the Law until everything is
accomplished” – Mathew 5:18

4. SETTLE MATTERS
QUICKLY WITH
YOUR
ADVERSARY
“Verily I say unto thee, you will not get out until
you have paid the last penny” – Mathew 5:26

5. HOW YOU
SHOULDN’T…
GIVE/PRAY/FAST?
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with
trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on
the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they
have received their reward in full.” – Mathew 6:2
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street
corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have
received their reward in full” – Mathew 6:5
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do,
for they disfigure their faces to show others they are
fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in
full” – Mathew 6:16

6. BELIEVING IN THE
POWER OF GOD
TO RECEIVE
AMAZING THINGS
“When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said
to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not
found anyone in Israel with such great faith” –
Mathew 8:10

7. PROPHECIES
SPECIFIC TO
ISRAEL
“Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and
Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town” –
Mathew 10:15
When you are persecuted in one place, flee to
another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the
towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes - Mathew 10:23
“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste
death before they see the Son of Man coming in his
kingdom.” - Mathew 16:28, Mark 9:1, Luke 4:27
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear
what you hear but did not hear it. - Matthew 13:17
“Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of
Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me
will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel” - Matthew 19:28

8. REWARDS ASSURED
TO THOSE WHO
SERVE GODLY MEN
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of
these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that
person will certainly not lose their reward – Matthew 10:42
Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in
my name because you belong to the Messiah will
certainly not lose their reward - Mark 9:41

9. THINGS ARE
DIFFERENT IN
GOD’S SIGHT
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not
risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is
least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
- Matthew 11:11

10. THE POWER OF
YOUR FAITH
Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
- Matthew 17:20
“Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only
can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can
say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it
will be done” - Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:23

11. NEED TO
TRANSFORM
LIKE A CHILD
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little
children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven”
- Matthew 18:3, Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17

12. HEAVEN’S
HAPPINESS OVER
A SINNER’S
REPENTANCE
“And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that
one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not
wander off” - Matthew 18:13

13. PROMISE(S) TO
DISCIPLES OF
JESUS
“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound
in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be
loosed in heaven” - Matthew 18:18
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree
about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by
my Father in heaven” - Matthew 18:19

14. DESIRE NOT TO
BE RICH
“Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter
the kingdom of heaven” - Matthew 19:23

15. DO NOT POSE
YOURSELF AS
RIGHTEOUS BUT
FEAR GOD
“Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are
entering the kingdom of God ahead of you” (Addressed to
chief priests & elders of those times who were considering
themselves as righteous) - Matthew 21:31

16. THE PROPHECY
ON DESTRUCTION
OF TEMPLE IN
JERUSALEM &
END TIMES
Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another;
everyone will be thrown down - Matthew 24:2
Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away
until all these things have happened - Matthew 24:34,
Mark 13:30, Luke 21:32
Truly I tell you, he (master) will put him (faithful & wise
Servant) in charge of all his possessions - Matthew 24:47,
Luke 12:44
Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation
- Mathew 23:36

17. BE WATCHFUL &
LOOK FORWARD
TO JESUS’ 2ND
COMING
Truly I tell you, I don’t know you. “Therefore keep watch,
because you do not know the day or the hour”
- Matthew 25:12,13
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them
watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress
himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will
come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants
whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the
middle of the night or toward daybreak - Luke 12:37,38

18. LOVING PEOPLE IS
LOVING GOD –
REVEALED ON
JUDGEMENT DAY
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you
did for me.’ - Matthew 25:40
He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for
one of the least of these, you did not do for me’
- Matthew 25:45

19. POURING OUT
THE TRUE LOVE
TO HONOR LORD
“Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached
throughout the world, what she has done will also be told,
in memory of her” - Matthew 26:13, Mark 14:9

20. PROPHECY ABOUT
DISCIPLE’S
BETRAYING &
DISOWNING JESUS
“Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me” - Matthew 26:21,
Mark 14:18, John 13:21
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before
the rooster crows, you will disown me three times”
- Matthew 26:34, Mark 14:30, John 13:38

21. GOD WHO
FORGIVES US
“Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and
every slander they utter” - Mark 3:28

22. BLESSED ARE
THOSE WHO
BELIEVE WITHOUT
ASKING SIGNS
He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation
ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”
- Mark 8:12

23. LEAVING
EVERYTHING FOR
JESUS, TO ABOUND
HERE ON EARTH
AND IN HEAVEN
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left
home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children
or fields for me and the gospel, will fail to receive a
hundred times as much in this present age: homes,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields - along with
persecutions - and in the age to come eternal life.
- Mark 10:29,30, Luke 18:29,30

24. SACRIFICIAL
GIVING
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor
widow has put more into the treasury than all the others”
- Mark 12:43, Luke 21:3

25. HOPE OF
RESURRECTION
& ETERNITY
“Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the
vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of
God.” - Mark 14:25

26. PROPHECY
ABOUT
HONORING
GODLY MEN
“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted
in his hometown - Luke 4:24

27. ATTAINING
SALVATION EVEN
AT LAST MOMENT
OF OUR LIVES
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with
me in paradise.” (Addressed to the thief, hanged near to
Jesus and who repented & believed in Jesus’ Lordship)
- Luke 23:43

28. BLESSINGS OF
BEING A JESUS’
DISCIPLE
He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven
open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
on’ the Son of Man.” - John 1:51

29. IT’S VITAL TO BE
‘BORN AGAIN’
CHRISTIAN
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the
kingdom of God unless they are born again.” - John 3:3
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter
the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and
the Spirit. - John 3:5

30. BELIEVING IN
GOD’S TESTIMONY
Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we
testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not
accept our testimony - John 3:11

31. FATHER AND
SON(JESUS)
BEING ONE
Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son
can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees
his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the
Son also does” - John 5:19

32. OVERCOMING
JUDGEMENT &
OBTAINING LIFE
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and
believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not
be judged but has crossed over from death to life
- John 5:24

33. THE
RESURRECTION &
LIFE BY JESUS
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and
those who hear will live - John 5:25

34. LOOK UNTO JESUS,
ONLY FOR THE
SPIRITUAL FOOD
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for
me, not because you saw the signs I performed but
because you ate the loaves and had your fill - John 6:26

35. JESUS IS THE
BREAD OF LIFE
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who
has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father
who gives you the true bread from heaven - John 6:32

36. WAY TO
ETERNAL LIFE
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life”
– John 6:47

37. FEEDING ON
JESUS TO LIVE LIFE
(OF ETERNITY)
Jesus said to them, Very truly I tell you, unless you eat
the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you
have no life in you - John 6:53

38. SINNERS
ENSLAVED TO SIN
IS SET FREE BY
JESUS
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a
slave to sin” - John 8:34

39. OVERCOMING
DEATH BY
OBEYING
GOD’S WORD
Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never
see death - John 8:51

40. JESUS, THE
BEGINNING
AND THE END
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham
was born, I am” - John 8:58

41. JESUS IS THE
(ONLY) WAY
Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter
the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other
way, is a thief and a robber - John 10:1
Therefore Jesus said again, Very truly I tell you, I am the
gate for the sheep - John 10:7

42. MARTYR OF GOD
BRINGS MANY
OTHER PEOPLE
TO GOD
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies,
it produces many seeds - John 12:24

43. GOD GIVES
GRACE TO THE
HUMBLE
Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,
nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him
- John 13:16

44. WHAT A
GENEROUS GOD!
HE BESTOWS
EVEN HIS POWER
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the
works I have been doing, and they will do even greater
things than these, because I am going to the Father
- John 14:12

45. THE ‘SPIRIT OF
GOD’ BEING OUR
COMFORTER &
GUIDE
But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going
away. Unless I go away, the Advocate (Holy Spirit) will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you - John 16:7

46. YOUR SORROW
WILL TURN INTO
JOY
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the
world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy
- John 16:20

47. ASK AND IT
WILL BE GIVEN
TO YOU
In that day you will no longer ask me anything.
Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you
ask in my name - John 16:23

48. PROPHECY ON
APOSTLE
SIMON PETER’S
MARTYRDOM
Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed
yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are
old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will
dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.
- John 21:18

49. JESUS GIVES
AUTHORITY &
PRIVILEGE TO HIS
FOLLOWERS
Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send
accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the
one who sent me - John 13:20

50. GOD BLESS YOU
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