Quotes About Justice

The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

ëThese men who were hired last worked only one hour,í they said, ëand you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.í

But he answered one of them, ëFriend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?í

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

And He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be called a house of prayer.í But you are making it ëa den of robbers.í”

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ëThis is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.í

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on menís shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

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.

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.í

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?í

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.í

And they too will reply, ëLord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?í

Then the King will answer, ëTruly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.í