Quotes About Truth

And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governorís amazement.

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ëAfter three days I will rise again.í

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

and instructed them: “You are to say, ëHis disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.í

So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,