In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
The recorded words of the people of scripture. Search by speaker or by what they said.
“When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 5:6
“Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 5:8
“After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 5:14
“But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 5:17
“So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way. For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder. In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it. The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son; So that all…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 5:19-47
“Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:5
“Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:10
“And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:12
“But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:20
“Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough. Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:26-27
“Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:29
“Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:32-33
“And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink. But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith. Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me. And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. This,…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:35-41
“Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another. No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day. The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father. Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers took the manna in the waste…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:43-51
“Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you. He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day. My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him. As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me. This is the bread which has come…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:53-58
“When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble? What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before? The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life. But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him. And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:61-65
“So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:67
“Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 6:70
“Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you. It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil. Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:6-8
“Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me. If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself. The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him. Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:16-19
“This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it. Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision. If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:21-24
“Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him. I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:28-29
“Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me. You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:33-34
“On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him. He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 7:37-38
“But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:7
“Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you? And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:10-11
“Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:12
“Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going. You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man. Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me. Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true. I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me. Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:14-19
“Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:21
“And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world. For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins. Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:23-25
“I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:26
“So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching. He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:28-29
“Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:31-32
“And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin. Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does. If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free. I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you. I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house. In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:34-39
“But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that. You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:40-41
“Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me. Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching. You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false. But because I say what is true, you have no belief in…”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:42-47
“And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me. I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge. Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:49-51
“Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God. You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word. Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:54-56
“Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 8:58
“Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him. While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 9:3-5
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