Quotes About Obedience

“I am the Lordís servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

And everyone went to his own town to register.

And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

When Jesusí parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ëWorship the Lord your God and serve Him only.í”

Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

And after looking around at all of them, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and it was restored.

Why do you call Me ëLord, Lord,í but not do what I say?

I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: