Quotes about Sacrifice
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
— Matthew 5:30
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
— Matthew 5:40
and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
— Matthew 5:41
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
— Matthew 8:4
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
— Matthew 8:20
But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
— Matthew 8:22
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
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
— Matthew 10:37
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
— Matthew 10:38
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
— Matthew 10:39
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
— Matthew 12:7
When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
— Matthew 13:46