Jesus Christ
First-century Jewish teacher, healer, and itinerant rabbi from Galilee whose teachings — recorded in the four canonical Gospels and a handful of non-canonical sources — became the founding texts of Christianity, the largest religious movement in human history. Born around 4 BCE in the Roman client kingdom of Judea, executed by crucifixion in Jerusalem under the prefect Pontius Pilate around 30-33 CE, Jesus's three-year teaching ministry centered on the in-breaking 'kingdom of God' — a present and coming reality marked by mercy for the broken, reversal of social hierarchies, radical love (including love of enemies), forgiveness, and direct, intimate relationship with God as 'Abba' (Father). The Sermon on the Mount, the parables (the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, the Mustard Seed), and the cross-and-resurrection narrative form the core of his recorded teaching. Beyond Christianity, Jesus is venerated as a major prophet in Islam, a wisdom teacher across virtually every contemplative tradition, and the most-quoted figure in the history of human language.
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Quotes by Jesus Christ
129 quotes“First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
“For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.”
“For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
“You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn-bushes, or figs from thistles?”
“Every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.”
“Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father.”
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.”
“And you will find rest for your souls.”
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
“Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
“Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
“The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.”
“Though it is the smallest of all seeds, when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs.”
“The kingdom of heaven is within you.”
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