Gospel of Matthew – Character Quotes

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Honour thy father and mother.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.