Quotes About Service

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëAdminister true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

“And now this decree is for you, O priests:

You have said, ëIt is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ëWorship the Lord your God and serve Him only.í”

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Many will say to Me on that day, ëLord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?í

When Jesus arrived at Peterís house, He saw Peterís mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”