Quotes About Purpose

At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected Godís purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

And He and His disciples went on to another village.

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

But God said to him, ëYou fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?í

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.