Quotes About Value

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ëLook, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and havenít found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?í

And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ëRejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.í

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ëBlessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!í

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

“Why wasnít this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.