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Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, Yeshua, and Isa (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE), is the central figure of Christianity, a philosopher, teacher, and martyr, believed to be the Messiah of ultimate salvation and Son of God by followers of Christian traditions.

All Biblical quotes in this article should specify the translation or version which is being used.

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The New Testament

Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

The sayings of Jesus as recorded in the New Testament have had a profound effect on human history and culture. The most often quoted English translation is the Authorized King James Version (KJV), first published by the Church of England in 1611.

Some of the most well-known quotes are in bold.

The Gospel of Matthew

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.

Chapters 1-4

Chapters 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount

Chapters 8-12

Chapters 13-16

Chapters 17-19

become as little children 18:3-20 suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me 19:14 (KJV)

Chapters 20-24

[22] And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

[30] For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. [31] But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, [32] I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Chapters 25-

Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane: Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 26:36 (KJV)

The Gospel of Mark

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

On the Mount of Olives

Speech on the Mount of Olives, on the night before his crucifixion.

The Gospel of Luke

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

The Gospel of John

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. The glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Acts of the Apostles

Revelation

Statements attributed to Jesus by John of Patmos in his vision of Christ and the Apocalypse.

Aramaic statements

Statements of Jesus preserved in the original Aramaic, transliterated into Greek. For more details on these statements see the Wikipedia articles on the Aramaic of Jesus and Words of Jesus on the cross.
Talitha koum

"Little girl, arise."

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Variants of major statements

Variants of major statements from different sources compared
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the Son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven either on earth or in heaven.
The apparent contradiction of these four quotes is not so great a paradox as it might seem. Plainly some could interpret these assertions as being made with an absolutely universal context and application, and thus as absolutely contradictory, but other interpretations recognize that the context of the assertions differ, and thus their application. When someone is actively promoting things they consider wise, like compassion or liberty against human apathy or hostilities then those who are not "for" them are against them; but when they are simply doing good, or maintaining and exercising personal freedom and compassion, especially in hostile environments, then those who are not actively against them are for them.

The Gnostic Gospels

The term gnostic gospels (pronunciation: naws-tik) refers to gnostic collections of writings or teachings of Jesus. These gospels did not become part of the standard Biblical canon, and are part of what is called New Testament apocrypha.

The Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c 140?)

The Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.
The Gospel of Thomas or Evangelion Thomas (Good Message of Thomas), unlike the four canonical gospels, contains very little narrative, and is mostly a list of statements that Yeshua is said to have made. It should be noted that this work was never accepted as canonical, and debate continues whether it was most likely written before or after the gospels that did become canonical. The number at the end of any quotation in this section refers to the generally accepted number of the saying.

The Gospel of Judas

The Gospel of Mary

The Hadith (الحديث)

The Book of Mormon and LDS Scripture

The Book of Mormon (1830)

This section contains quotes by Jesus that occur in the Book of Mormon and Mormon Scriptures

Doctrine and Covenants

Quotes about Jesus

In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth — in the depth of human creatureliness, sinfulness and mortality. ~ Karl Barth

Sorted by historical period and date, with sections for quotes from major religious works.

New Testament

This section contains quotations about Jesus that occur in the New Testament

He rose again the third day, 1 Corinthians 15:4

Holy Bible - the first Easter Sunday morning
  • Regarding The Evidence for the Resurrection, please see Anderson 1950, below.
  • For "Easter Enigma - Are the Resurrection Accounts in Conflict?", please see Wenham 2005, below.
  • The table lists all the verses, according to the KJV, always in verse order.
Matthew Mark Luke John

Mt ch28

1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Mk ch16

1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

Lk ch24

1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

Jn ch20

1 The first day of the week cometh ["went" (NKJV, NIV, Wenham 2005 pp81f)] Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre,

Mt ch28

2 And, behold, there was ["had been" (KJV margin, Wenham 2005 p78)] a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord ["had" (Wenham 2005 p78)] descended from heaven, and came ["had come" (Wenham 2005 p78)] and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became ["had trembled and become" (Wenham 2005 p78)] as dead men.

Mk ch16

4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

Lk ch24

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Jn ch20

and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

Mt ch28

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mk ch16

5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Lk ch24

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men ["angels" (Luke 24:23)] stood by them in shining garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

Jn ch20

3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

Mk ch16

9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

Jn ch20

11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Mt ch28

9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Mk ch16

10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

Lk ch24

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

Jn ch20

18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

Mt ch28

11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Lk ch24

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

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The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty,

1 Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 1:8; Isaiah 44:6; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 4:6; Revelation 19:6;
Maker of heaven and earth:

John 1:1-3; Genesis 1:1-3; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24-26; Hebrews 11:3; Nehemiah 9:6;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,

John 20:28; John 3:16; John 1:18; 1 John 4:9; John 10:30,36-38; Acts 4:10-12; Colossians 1:15-19; Colossians 2:3,9; Proverbs 30:4; Luke 2:11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Peter 1:16-18; Romans 8:31-34; Romans 9:5; Matthew 28:18-19; 1 Timothy 3:16;
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:35;
Born of the Virgin Mary,

Luke 1:27,34; Matthew 1:23;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,

Luke 3:1,2; Luke 23:13-25,32-34,44-46;
Was crucified, dead, and buried:

Acts 4:10; Isaiah 53:4-8; John 19:20; Luke 23:52-53; Revelation 5:12,13;
He descended into hell;

1 Peter 3:18-19; Revelation 1:18;
The third day he rose again from the dead;

1 Corinthians 15:1-8,12-14,19-20; Acts 2:21,22,31,32; Matthew 28:1-9; Mark 16:4-6; Luke 24:44-47; John 20:1,12-17; Romans 1:2-4;
He ascended into heaven,

Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:49-51; John 20:17;
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 1:1-6; Mark 16:19; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 10:12-13;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18; 2 Peter 3:8-13; Matthew 24:27,36; Matthew 25:31-34,41,46; John 5:22; John 14:1,3; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Hebrews 9:27;
I believe in the Holy Ghost;

Ephesians 4:30-32; John 15:26; John 16:7-15; Acts 1:8-9; Acts 13:2; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Galatians 5:22-25;
The holy Catholic Church;

Ephesians 2:18-22;
The Communion of Saints;

Galatians 6:2,10;
The Forgiveness of sins;

Acts 13:38; 1 John 1:8 - 2:2; 1 Timothy 1:15; Matthew 26:26-28; Luke 7:48; Acts 10:43; Romans 3:23; Romans 4:5; Romans 5:6-10; Romans 10:4-13; 1 John 4:9-10; Ephesians 1:7; John 1:29;
The Resurrection of the body,

1 Corinthians 15:42-44,50-54; Philippians 3:20-21; Job 19:25-27; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; John 5:28-29; John 6:39-40,44;
And the Life everlasting.

John 3:14-16; John 10:10; John 11:25; John 17:2-3; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 1 John 5:11-13

Text of the Apostles' Creed from the Book of Common Prayer at the Church of England website www.cofe.anglican.org. Scripture references are KJV - some from www.godonthe.net/evidence/apostle.htm and www.baptistboard.com/archive/index.php/t-28938.html and Evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states (1905), "A Short Exposition of Dr Martin Luther's Small Catechism", Concordia available from www.archive.org.

The Gospel of Mary

Acts of Pilate, or The Gospel of Nicodemus

The Talmud

Babylonian Talmud

Palestinian Talmud

Early Middle Ages

The Qur'an (القرآن) and the Hadith (الحديث)

The Dome of the Rock (مسجد قبة الصخرة) in Jerusalem (built 692 CE) which contains inscriptions that proclaim God's uniqueness and deny that He has any son or requires any assistance.
This section contains quotes about Isa (Jesus) that occur in the Qur'an and the Hadith.

The Qur'an (القرآن)

The Hadith (الحديث)

Islamic Inscriptions from the Dome of the Rock (مسجد قبة الصخرة)

Oh God, bless Your Messenger and Your servant Jesus son of Mary. Peace be on him the day he was born, and the day he dies, and the day he shall be raised alive!

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

The Age of Reason (Seventeenth Century)

The Age of Enlightenment (Eighteenth Century)

The Nineteenth Century

49: Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
50: And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
51: The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
52: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
53: And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
54: Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
55: The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
56: Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
57: But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
58: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
59: And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
60: And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
61: Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
62: Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
63: There laid they Jesus,
64: And rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
1. That there is one only God, and he all perfect.
2, That there is a future state of rewards and punishments.
3. That to love God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself, is the sum of religion.
These are the great points on which he endeavored to reform the religion of the Jews. But compare with these the demoralizing dogmas of Calvin.
1. That there are three Gods.
2. That good works, or the love of our neighbor, are nothing.
3. That faith is every thing, and the more incomprehensible the proposition, the more merit in its faith.
4. That reason in religion is of unlawful use.
5. That God, from the beginning, elected certain individuals to be saved, and certain others to be damned; and that no crimes of the former can damn them; no virtues of the latter save.
Now, which of these is the true and charitable Christian? He who believes and acts on the simple doctrines of Jesus? Or the impious dogmatists, as Athanasius and Calvin? Verily I say these are the false shepherds foretold as to enter not by the door into the sheepfold, but to climb up some other way. They are mere usurpers of the Christian name, teaching a counter-religion made up of the deliria of crazy imaginations, as foreign from Christianity as is that of Mahomet. Their blasphemies have driven thinking men into infidelity, who have too hastily rejected the supposed author himself, with the horrors so falsely imputed to him. Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christian. I rejoice that in this blessed country of free inquiry and belief, which has surrendered its creed and conscience to neither kings nor priests, the genuine doctrine of one only God is reviving, and I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die an Unitarian.
All sorrow, labor, suffering, I, tallying it, absorb in myself, Many times have I been rejected, taunted, put in prison, and crucified, and many times shall be again.. .~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass, "Chanting the Square Deific"
Alphabetized by author
My charity has no death — my wisdom dies not, neither early nor late, and my sweet love bequeath'd here and elsewhere never dies. ~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass, "Chanting the Square Deific" My spirit to yours dear brother, Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you, I do not sound your name, but I understand you... ~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass, "To Him That Was Crucified"

The Book of Mormon and LDS Scripture

This section contains quotes about Jesus that occur in the Book of Mormon and LDS Scripture

The Book of Mormon (1830)

Doctrine and Covenants (1835)

The Twentieth Century

If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. ~ Woody Allen Christian anarchism is based upon the answer of Jesus to the Pharisees, when He said that he without sin should be the first to cast the stone, and upon the Sermon on the Mount, which advises the return of good for evil and the turning of the other cheek. ~ Ammon Hennacy Jesus Christ : Wanted — For Sedition, Criminal Anarchy — Vagrancy, and Conspiring to Overthrow the Established Government. ~ Art Young

Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations

Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 114-115.

The Twenty-First Century

Jesus...is the final priest who makes all priesthood obsolete — not merely the performance of ritual sacrifice, but the office, pomp and circumstance of priestly authority and hierarchy itself. ~ Ronald E. Osborn

See also

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