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“But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well. And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks? When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 22:51-53
“And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 22:70
“And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 23:3
“But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children. For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us. For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 23:28-31
“And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 23:34
“And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 23:43
“And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 23:46
“And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:17
“And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:19
“And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said. Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:25-26
“And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:36
“And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are your hearts full of doubt? See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:38-39
“And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:41
“And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:44
“And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day; And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name. You are witnesses of these things. And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 24:46-49
“And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:38
“He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:39
“And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:42
“The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:43
“Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false. Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:47-48
“In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these. And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 1:50-51
“Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 2:4
“Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top. Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 2:7-8
“And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 2:16
“And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 2:19
“Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 3:3
“Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God. That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit. Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth. The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 3:5-8
“And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things? Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true. If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven? And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man. As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up: So that whoever has…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 3:10-21
“A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:7
“In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:10
“Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again: But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:13-14
“Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him. In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:16-17
“You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:18
“Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews. But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father. God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:21-24
“Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:26
“But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:32
“Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete. You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together. In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain. I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:34-38
“Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:48
“And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:50
“It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 4:53
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).