756 Jesus Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special pleasure in helping the poor, dedicating his efforts to them. He must have shaken his head at the large gaps between rich and poor throughout ancient Palestine in the first century. Jay Parini

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The gospels were, in fact, written anywhere from forty to a hundred years after Jesus, and their authors attempted to demonstrate that Jesus could be seen to fulfill various Old Testament pronouncements. Jay Parini

The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us. Jay Parini

Back Recognize Point Resurrection He Itself Stories Us Whole Jesus

In Judaism, the temple was the most holy site in the world. But if you extend that argument as a metaphor, and you say 'The world is a holy place,' and you're treating this holy place like a money-lending psycho, then Jesus says, 'This is hypocrisy!' and he'd point it out and flip it over. Jeff Baena

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There just aren't that many Jesus roles around. Jeffrey Hunter

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I'm noticing a new approach to art making in recent museum and gallery shows. It flickered into focus at the New Museum's 'Younger Than Jesus' last year and ran through the Whitney Biennial, and I'm seeing it blossom and bear fruit at 'Greater New York,' MoMA P.S. 1's twice-a-decade extravaganza of emerging local talent. Jerry Saltz

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If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up. Jesse Ventura

Today Think Back Throw He Came Up Jesus

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd. Jessica Pare

School Guess High Nerd High School Because Did Play Jesus

In my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus. Jim Caviezel

Year Play Jesus

They're not posing as being Jesus Christ all the time. Jim Goad

Time Christ Being Jesus Jesus Christ Posing

You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ. Joe Gibbs

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People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior. Joel Osteen

I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then. John Bacon

Pet Myth Evolution Must Dinosaur Had Heard Then Jesus

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone. John Clayton

Alone Language Approximately Between Were English English Language Lives Published Jesus

Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords? John Clayton

The Gospels were written to present the life and teachings of Jesus in ways that would be appropriate to different readerships, and for that reason are not all the same. They were not intended to be biographies of Jesus, but selective accounts that would demonstrate his significance for different cultures. John Drane

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