Quotes About Humility

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Finally he came to his senses and said, ëHow many of my fatherís hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.Ӓ

The son declared, ëFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.í

and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich manís table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ëI repent,í you must forgive him.”

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ëCome at once and sit down to eatí?

Instead, wonít he tell him, ëPrepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drinkí?

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ëWe are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.í”

He fell facedown at Jesusí feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.

Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ëGod, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.í

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ëGod, have mercy on me, a sinner!í

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

Seeing the manís sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”