Quotes About Mercy

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ëHave patience with me,í he begged, ëand I will pay back everything.í

His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ëPay back what you owe me!í

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ëHave patience with me, and I will pay you back.í

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

Then the master summoned him and declared, ëYou wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

Shouldnít you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?í

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.í

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.í

Then the King will answer, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.í

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”