Jesus continued, “It’s this I-know-better-than-you mentality again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your own part. How about this plan of action. Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will be able to see clearly to remove the splinter in...
The disciples came to Jesus asking, “Who gets the highest rank in God’s kingdom?” For an answer Jesus called over a child, whom he stood in the middle of the room, and said, “I’m telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to...
Jesus continued, “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done. He came to serve, not to be served – and then to give away...
Jesus continued, “God’s kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidently found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic – what a find! – and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field. Or,...
Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined him. When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and stuck into Jesus’ followers. “What kind of example...
Jesus continued, “You don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. My sheep recognise my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life”....
Jesus said, “The first in importance is, ‘Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy’. And here is the second: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself’. There...
Jesus said, “Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures - either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast...
Jesus answered, “Isaiah was right about frauds like you, hit the bull’s-eye in fact: These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their heart isn’t in it. They act like they are worshipping me, but they don’t mean it. They just...
About that same time Jesus climbed a mountain to pray. He was there all night before God. The next day he summoned his disciples; from them he selected twelve designated as apostles....