In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 26:50
“Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword. Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels? But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be? In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not. But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 26:52-56
“Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From now you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 26:64
“And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 26:75
“And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 27:11
“And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 27:46
“And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad. And they came and put their hands on his feet, and gave him worship. Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 28:9-10
“And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 28:18-20
“And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:15
“And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:17
“And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:25
“And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:38
“And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:41
“See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1:44
“And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:5
“And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go? But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,) I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:8-11
“And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:14
“And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:17
“And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food. But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food. No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole. And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:19-22
“And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him? And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath; So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 2:25-28
“And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan? If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction; And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction; And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end. But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods. Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 3:23-29
“And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers? And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 3:33-35
“A man went out to put seed in the earth: And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food. And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep: And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead. And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit. And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much. And he said…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 4:3-9
“And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories; So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness. And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others? The seed is the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 4:11-32
“And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 4:35
“And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm. And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 4:39-40
“For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:8
“And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:9
“And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:19
“And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:30
“And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:34
“But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:36
“And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:39
“And taking her by the hand, he said to her, Talitha cumi, which is, My child, I say to you, Get up.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 5:41
“And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:4
“And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away. And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:10-11
“And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:31
“But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:37
“And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:38
“For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 6:50
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).