Quotes About Faith

As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.

And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be a house of prayer.í But you have made it ëa den of robbers.í”

Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

Johnís baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ëFrom heaven,í He will ask, ëWhy did you not believe him?í

But if we say, ëFrom men,í all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ëThe stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstoneí?

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”