Quotes about Mercy
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
— Matthew 8:3
“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
— Matthew 8:7
Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
— Matthew 9:2
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
— Matthew 9:5
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
— Matthew 9:6
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
— Matthew 9:12
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
— Matthew 9:13
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
— Matthew 9:27
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
— Matthew 12:7
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
— Matthew 12:11
A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
— Matthew 12:20
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
— Matthew 12:31