Quotes About Obedience

But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

For Moses said, ëHonor your father and your motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone asks, ëWhy are you doing this?í tell him, ëThe Lord needs it and will return it shortly.í”

So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.

Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesarís,” they answered.

So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”