In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men. And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you. For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: But you say, If a man says to his father or…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:6-11
“You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do. And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you: There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:12-15
“And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean, Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:18-19
“And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean. Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:20-23
“And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:27
“And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:29
“And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 7:34
“I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food; If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:2-3
“And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:12
“And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:15
“And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard? Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory? When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:17-19
“And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven. And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:20-21
“And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:23
“And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town. And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:26-27
“And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:29
“But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 8:33
“And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing? But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:12-13
“And he said, What are you questioning them about?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:16
“And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:19
“And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:21
“And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:23
“And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:25
“And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:29
“For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:31
“And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:33
“And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:35
“Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:37
“But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me. He who is not against us is for us. Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward. And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea. And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:39-43
“And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:45
“And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell, Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out. Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 9:47-50
“And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:3
“But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law. But from the first, male and female made he them. 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. Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:5-9
“And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife; And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:11-12
“And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God. Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:14-15
“And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God. You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:18-19
“And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:21
“And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God! It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:23-25
“Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:27
“Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news, Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life. But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:29-31
“Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles: And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:33-34
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).