In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:36
“But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo? And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:38-39
“But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:40
“And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them. But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant: And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all. For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:42-45
“And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:49
“And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see. And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 10:51-52
“And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him. And if anyone says to you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord has need of him and will send him back straight away.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:2-3
“And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:14
“And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:17
“And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith. Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire. For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it. And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:22-25
“And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:29-30
“And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 11:33
“Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it. And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:15-16
“And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:17
“Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God? When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven. But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:24-27
“Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:29-31
“And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more. And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet. David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly. And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:34-40
“And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box: Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 12:43-44
“And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 13:2
“And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone. People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way. And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end. Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles. But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 13:5-14
“And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat. And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days. And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter. For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again. And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 13:15-37
“But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me. The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever. She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place. And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:6-9
“And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him; And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples? And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:13-15
“And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:18
“And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate. The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth. And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:20-22
“And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men. Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:24-25
“And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight. But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:27-28
“And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:30
“And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Be seated here while I say a prayer.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:32
“And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:34
“And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done. And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour? Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:36-38
“And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men. Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:41-42
“And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me? I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:48-49
“And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 14:62
“And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 15:2
“And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 15:34
“And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone. He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged. And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages; They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 16:15-18
“And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 2:49
“And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:4
“And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:8
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).