Quotes about Greed
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
- Matthew 23:25
and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 26:15
The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
- Mark 6:28
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- Mark 7:22
But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
- Mark 12:7
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- Mark 12:40
They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- Mark 14:11
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Luke 9:25
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- Luke 11:39
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Luke 12:15
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
- Luke 12:16
Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
- Luke 12:18