Quotes About Values

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Again I tell you, 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.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

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

You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

For Moses said, ëHonor your father and your motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

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.”

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for oneís life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

And why donít you judge for yourselves what is right?

“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.