Quotes About Worship

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,í

ëThese people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.í”

The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

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

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ëFrom the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praiseí?”

Jesus declared, “ëLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.í

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ëLordí? For he says:

So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

And he who swears by heaven swears by Godís throne and by the One who sits on it.

For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ëBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.í”

As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.