In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:12
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains, To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:18-19
“Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:21
“And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country. And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country. Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land; But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were a number of lepers in Israel in…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:23-27
“And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:35
“But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 4:43
“And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:4
“And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:10
“And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him. And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:13-14
“And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:20
“But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go? But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:22-24
“And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:27
“And Jesus, answering, 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, so that they may be turned from their sins.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:31-32
“And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food. And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old. And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction. But new wine has to be put…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 5:34-39
“And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him; How he went into the house of God 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, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 6:3-5
“But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward. And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away? And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 6:8-10
“And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours. Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad. Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man. Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets. But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 6:20-49
“And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:9
“And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad. And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:13-14
“And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them. And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me. And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind? But what did you go out to…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:22-28
“What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like? They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad. For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit. The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners. But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:31-35
“And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:40
“And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty. When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him? Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:41-43
“And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet. You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet. And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love. And he said to her, You have forgiveness for…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:44-48
“And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 7:50
“A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:5-8
“And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them. Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when…”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:10-18
“But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it. Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:21-22
“And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:30
“Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:39
“And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:45
“But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:46
“And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:48
“But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:50
“And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:52
“But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 8:54
“And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats. And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away. And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 9:3-5
“But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people. For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 9:13-14
“And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 9:18
“And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.”— Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 9:20
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).