Jesus Christ

Founder of Christianity

Ancient influential 156 sayings

Sayings by Jesus Christ

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Matthew 23:24
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For many are invited, but few are chosen.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Matthew 22:14
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But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Matthew 5:39
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If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Mark 4:23
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And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Luke 10:2
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Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Matthew 10:39
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her deeds.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Matthew 11:19
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But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

c. 30-33 CE — Gospel of Luke 12:48
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I have come to bring fire on the earth…. Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

c. 30-33 CE — From a discourse on his mission
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It is more blessed to give than to receive.

c. 30-33 CE — From a saying quoted by Paul, attributed to Jesus
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Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

c. 30-33 CE — From a teaching on self-sacrifice and discipleship (Mark 8:35)
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If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.

c. 30-33 CE — From a teaching on humility (Mark 9:35)
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

c. 30-33 CE — From a teaching on humility and pride (Matthew 23:12)
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It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.

c. 30-33 CE — From a teaching on inner purity (Matthew 15:11)
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Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.

c. 30-33 CE — From a discourse on freedom from sin (John 8:34)
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Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

c. 30-33 CE — From a response to criticism about associating with sinners (Matthew 9:12)
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What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?

c. 30-33 CE — From a teaching on the value of the soul (Matthew 16:26)
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No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

c. 30-33 CE — From a parable about new teachings and old traditions (Matthew 9:16)
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Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

c. 30-33 CE — From a parable about new teachings and old traditions (Matthew 9:17)
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The people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

c. 30-33 CE — From the Parable of the Dishonest Steward (Luke 16:8)
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