Quotes About Sacrifice

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

“Why wasnít this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ëFather, save Me from this hourí? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”

He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciplesí feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one anotherís feet.

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ëThe one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.í

After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”