Quotes About Wisdom

“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ëRabbií by which they are addressed.

Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ëIf anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.í

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

And you say, ëIf we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.í

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

See, I have told you in advance.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.