Jesus Christ – Character Quotes

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. <...> and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness.

The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury and he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: for all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.