Quotes About Unity

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

In His name the nations will put their hope.”

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers.

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ëmade them male and female,í

and said, ëFor this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one fleshí?

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: ëLove your neighbor as yourself.í

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

But you are not to be called ëRabbi,í for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ëI will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.í