Quotes About Service

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

ëYou also go into my vineyard,í he said, ëand I will pay you whatever is right.í

So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ëWhy have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?í he asked.

ëBecause no one has hired us,í they answered. So he told them, ëYou also go into my vineyard.í

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

“Caesarís,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesarís, and to God what is Godís.”

They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on menís shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

But you are not to be called ëRabbi,í for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.