Quotes about Selflessness
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
- Matthew 23:4
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
- Matthew 23:11
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Matthew 23:12
Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’
- Matthew 25:45
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Mark 8:35
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:35
But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
- Mark 10:43
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
- Mark 10:44
For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
- Mark 12:44
If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- Luke 6:29
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- Luke 6:30
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.
- Luke 6:34