Quotes About Teaching

Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

Then He had a little child stand among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them,

Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

“What did Moses command you?” He replied.

When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.

As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:

Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ëMy house will be called a house of prayer for all the nationsí? But you have made it ëa den of robbers.í”

When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Jesus said to them, “Arenít you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,

When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.