In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 18:34
“Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here. Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 18:36-37
“Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 19:11
“So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple who was dear to him, he said to his mother, Mother, there is your son! Then he said to the disciple, There is your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his house. After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 19:26-28
“So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 19:30
“Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:15
“Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:16
“Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:17
“At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:19
“And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you. And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you: Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:21-23
“And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you! Then he said to Thomas, Put out your finger, and see my hands; and put your hand here into my side: and be no longer in doubt but have belief.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:26-27
“Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 20:29
“So Jesus said to them, Children, have you taken any fish? They made answer, No.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:5
“And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:6
“Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:10
“Jesus said to them, Come and take some food. And all the disciples were in fear of putting the question, Who are you? being conscious that it was the Lord.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:12
“Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:15
“Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:16
“He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:17
“Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go. Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:18-19
“Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me. So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?”— Jesus of Nazareth, John 21:22-23
“Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.”— Paul the Apostle, 1 Chronicles 10:4
“O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord? And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 13:10-11
“And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear. The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it. And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land. And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of…”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 13:16-41
“Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 13:46-47
“Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 14:10
“Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them: Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them. But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 14:15-17
“And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 15:36
“And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 16:18
“But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 16:28
“And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 16:31
“But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 16:37
“Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 17:3
“And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life…”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 17:22-31
“And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 18:6
“And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 18:21
“And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 19:2
“And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 19:3-4
“Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 19:21
“And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.”— Paul the Apostle, Acts 20:10
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