Quotes About Humility

He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.Ӓ

“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.

So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

And He withdrew about a stoneís throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”