Quotes About Morality

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “ëDo not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.í”

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

This is the first and greatest commandment.

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

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philipís wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brotherís wife!”

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.