In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 13:52
“And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 13:57
“But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 14:16
“And he said, Give them to me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 14:18
“But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 14:27
“And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 14:29
“And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 14:31
“And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you? For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching. You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you, These people give me honour with their…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:3-11
“But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots. Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:13-14
“And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste? But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words: These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:16-20
“But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:24
“And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:26
“Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:28
“And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:32
“And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 15:34
“But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red. And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times. An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:2-4
“And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:6
“And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread? Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up? How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:8-11
“Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:13
“He says to them, But who do you say that I am?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:15
“And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven. And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it. I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:17-19
“But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men. Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me. Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him. For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life? For the Son of man will come…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 16:23-28
“And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:7
“And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:9
“And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right: But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:11-12
“And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:17
“And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you. [] And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men; And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:20-23
“He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:25
“And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:26
“But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 17:27
“And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea. A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 18:3-20
“Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven. For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made. So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all. And the lord of that…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 18:22-35
“And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said, For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh? So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:4-6
“He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first. And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:8-9
“But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given. For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:11-12
“But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:14
“And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:17
“He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:18-19
“Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:21
“And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 19:23-24
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).