Quotes about Submission
And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
— Luke 22:41
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
— Luke 22:42
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
— John 1:27
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
— John 2:5
He must increase; I must decrease.
— John 3:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
— John 5:30
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
— John 6:38
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
— John 8:28
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
— John 10:18
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
— John 12:49
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
— John 13:6
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
— John 13:8