Quotes About Compassion

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Which is easier: to say, ëYour sins are forgiven,í or to say, ëGet up and walk?í

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

But go and learn what this means: ëI desire mercy, not sacrifice.í For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.

After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus.

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

If only you had known the meaning of ëI desire mercy, not sacrifice,í you would not have condemned the innocent.

and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,