Quotes About Truth

No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in menís faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ëIf anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.í

And you say, ëIf anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.í

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.

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

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead menís bones and every kind of impurity.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

And you say, ëIf we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.í

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

For many will come in My name, claiming, ëI am the Christ,í and will deceive many.

and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

At that time, if anyone says to you, ëLook, here is the Christ!í or ëThere He is!í do not believe it.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

See, I have told you in advance.

So if they tell you, ëThere He is in the wilderness,í do not go out; or, ëHere He is in the inner rooms,í do not believe it.