Quotes About Judgment

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Remember Lotís wife!

I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.

Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ëThough I neither fear God nor respect men,

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ëGod, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.í

His master replied, ëYou wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Then he told those standing by, ëTake the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.í

ëMaster,í they said, ëhe already has ten!í

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.í”

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.