Quotes About Justice

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

You have heard that it was said, ëEye for eye and tooth for tooth.í

if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

Johnís head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ëPay back what you owe me!í

But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

Shouldnít you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?í

In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

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

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

ëYou also go into my vineyard,í he said, ëand I will pay you whatever is right.í

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ëCall the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.í