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Jesus of Nazareth Quotes

19 quotes from Jesus of Nazareth — Central figure of Christianity..

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 4:17Repentance

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17Discipleship

Enter by the narrow gate.

Matthew 7:13–14Choices

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Mark 8:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:23Sacrifice

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

Luke 19:10Salvation

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3Humility

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Matthew 5:4Comfort

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:5Meekness

Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

Matthew 12:50Family

Do to others what you would have them do to you.

Matthew 7:12Ethics

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:7Faith

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Matthew 6:34Trust

The sharpest opposition in the Gospels is between John the Faster and Jesus the Feaster.

John Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus

Be passersby.

Gospel of Thomas

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Jesus of Nazareth, Gospel of Mark 15:34

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Jesus of Nazareth, Gospel of Mark 12:17

The single most important thing to remember about Jesus is that he was a Jew. Now that seems obvious but if it's true then it means that everything he said or did must be viewed in its Jewish context.

Reza Aslan, Reddit AMA, July 29, 2013

The argument is the reality, and the absence of certainty the certainty.

Adam Gopnik, 'What Did Jesus Do?', The New Yorker, May 2010

If your faith is strong, then nothing I say should be able to shake it. So relax. Pick up the book. Debate its arguments. But don't be afraid.

Reza Aslan, Reddit AMA, July 29, 2013

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