Jesus

Famous quotes containing the word jesus:

    Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
    —Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 16:23.

    Said to Peter, who had suggested that Jesus not go into Jerusalem to meet his fate.

    Do not put the LORD your God to the test...
    Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 6:16.

    Scripture cited by Jesus when tempted in the wilderness.

    Savages cling to a local god of one tribe or town. The broad ethics of Jesus were quickly narrowed to village theologies, which preach an election or favoritism.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)