In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge; It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.”— John the Baptist, John 1:26-27
“The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me. I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel. And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him. I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and…”— John the Baptist, John 1:29-34
“And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!”— John the Baptist, John 1:36
“And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven. You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ. He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete. He has to become greater while I become less. He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes…”— John the Baptist, John 3:27-36
“And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.”— Judas Iscariot, 2 Kings 4:6
“And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.”— Judas Iscariot, 2 Kings 4:19
“Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:”— Judas Iscariot, Proverbs 7:4
“But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.”— Judas Iscariot, Matthew 26:8-9
“What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.”— Judas Iscariot, Matthew 26:15
“Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he: take him. And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.”— Judas Iscariot, Matthew 26:48-49
“Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.”— Judas Iscariot, Matthew 27:4
“But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted? We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.”— Judas Iscariot, Mark 14:4-5
“Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely. And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.”— Judas Iscariot, Mark 14:44-45
“Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?”— Judas Iscariot, John 12:5
“Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?”— Judas Iscariot, John 14:22
“And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail. But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.”— Judas Iscariot, Acts 23:20-21
“And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?”— Mary Magdalene, Mark 16:3
“Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.”— Mary Magdalene, John 20:2
“They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.”— Mary Magdalene, John 20:13
“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.”— Mary Magdalene, John 20:15
“Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).”— Mary Magdalene, John 20:16
“Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.”— Mary Magdalene, John 20:18
“And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?”— David, 1 Samuel 17:26
“And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?”— David, 1 Samuel 17:29
“And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.”— David, 1 Samuel 17:32
“And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came at me, I took him by the hair and overcame him and put him to death. Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.”— David, 1 Samuel 17:34-36
“And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.”— David, 1 Samuel 17:37
“And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.”— David, 1 Samuel 17:39
“Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame. This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God; And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the…”— David, 1 Samuel 17:45-47
“And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.”— David, 1 Samuel 17:58
“And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?”— David, 1 Samuel 18:18
“And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?”— David, 1 Samuel 18:23
“And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?”— David, 1 Samuel 20:1
“But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.”— David, 1 Samuel 20:3
“And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening. And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year. If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me. So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united…”— David, 1 Samuel 20:5-8
“Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?”— David, 1 Samuel 20:10
“And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go. So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.”— David, 1 Samuel 21:2-3
“And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.”— David, 1 Samuel 21:5
“And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.”— David, 1 Samuel 21:8
“And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.”— David, 1 Samuel 21:9
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