Quotes About Perception

Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

ëHaving eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?í And do you not remember?

The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ëThe old is better.í”

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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?

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ëHe has a demon!í

Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,