Quotes About Priorities

How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

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

and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

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