Quotes About Sacrifice

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

“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.”

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

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.”

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

Finally, he sent his son to them. ëThey will respect my son,í he said.

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

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.

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

And the King will reply, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.í

Then the King will answer, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.í

“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

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