Quotes About Choice

“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.í

Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the kingís food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the kingís food.

So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ëSon, go and work today in the vineyard.í

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ëI will, sir,í he said. But he did not go.

Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.