Quotes about Humility
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- Luke 17:10
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
- Luke 18:9
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- Luke 18:10
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Luke 18:11
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- Luke 18:13
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:14
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
- Luke 18:17
Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
- Luke 19:35
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
- Luke 21:2
A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
- Luke 22:24
So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.
- Luke 22:25
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
- Luke 22:26