In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
The recorded words of the people of scripture. Search by speaker or by what they said.
“Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.”— Thomas, John 11:16
“Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?”— Thomas, John 14:5
“So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.”— Thomas, John 20:25
“And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!”— Thomas, John 20:28
“Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.”— Thomas, John 21:3
“And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?”— Mary (mother of Jesus), Luke 1:34
“And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), Luke 1:38
“And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God; My spirit is glad in God my Saviour. For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me. For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name. His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him. With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. Those who had no food he made full of…”— Mary (mother of Jesus), Luke 1:46-55
“And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), Luke 2:48
“When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), John 2:3
“His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), John 2:5
“So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), John 11:3
“When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), John 11:32
“And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.”— Mary (mother of Jesus), John 11:34
“Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.”— John the Baptist, Matthew 3:2
“But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? Let your change of heart be seen in your works: And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who…”— John the Baptist, Matthew 3:7-12
“But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?”— John the Baptist, Matthew 3:14
“Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.”— John the Baptist, Matthew 14:4
“And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?”— John the Baptist, Matthew 17:10
“But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?”— John the Baptist, Matthew 20:22
“Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where are we to make ready for you to take the Passover meal?”— John the Baptist, Matthew 26:17
“And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo. I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.”— John the Baptist, Mark 1:7-8
“For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.”— John the Baptist, Mark 6:18
“And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?”— John the Baptist, Mark 9:11
“John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.”— John the Baptist, Mark 9:38
“And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?”— John the Baptist, Mark 10:35
“And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”— John the Baptist, Mark 10:37
“And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?”— John the Baptist, Mark 14:12
“So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.”— John the Baptist, Luke 3:7-9
“And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.”— John the Baptist, Luke 3:11
“And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.”— John the Baptist, Luke 3:13-14
“John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire: In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.”— John the Baptist, Luke 3:16-17
“And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.”— John the Baptist, Luke 9:49
“And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?”— John the Baptist, Luke 9:54
“And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?”— John the Baptist, Luke 22:9
“And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to life again, and Simon has seen him.”— John the Baptist, Luke 24:34
“John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.”— John the Baptist, John 1:15
“He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.”— John the Baptist, John 1:20
“And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.”— John the Baptist, John 1:21
“He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.”— John the Baptist, John 1:23
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).