Jesus Christ
First-century Jewish teacher, healer, and itinerant rabbi from Galilee whose teachings — recorded in the four canonical Gospels and a handful of non-canonical sources — became the founding texts of Christianity, the largest religious movement in human history. Born around 4 BCE in the Roman client kingdom of Judea, executed by crucifixion in Jerusalem under the prefect Pontius Pilate around 30-33 CE, Jesus's three-year teaching ministry centered on the in-breaking 'kingdom of God' — a present and coming reality marked by mercy for the broken, reversal of social hierarchies, radical love (including love of enemies), forgiveness, and direct, intimate relationship with God as 'Abba' (Father). The Sermon on the Mount, the parables (the Prodigal Son, the Good Samaritan, the Mustard Seed), and the cross-and-resurrection narrative form the core of his recorded teaching. Beyond Christianity, Jesus is venerated as a major prophet in Islam, a wisdom teacher across virtually every contemplative tradition, and the most-quoted figure in the history of human language.
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Quotes by Jesus Christ
129 quotes“Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
“Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
“Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
“I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.”
“Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.”
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
“Many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant.”
“Whoever would be first among you must be your slave.”
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
“This is the great and first commandment.”
“And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
“On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
“For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink.”
“I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to me.”
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