The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (47 page)

St Matthew ch. 27, v. 24

435
He saved others; himself he cannot save.

St Matthew ch. 27, v. 42

436
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

St Matthew ch. 27, v. 46

437
And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

St Matthew ch. 28, v. 20

St Mark
438
The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

St Mark ch. 2, v. 27

439
How can Satan cast out Satan?

St Mark ch. 3, v. 23

440
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

St Mark ch. 3, v. 25.

441
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

St Mark ch. 4, v. 9

442
My name is Legion: for we are many.

St Mark ch. 5, v. 9

443
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

St Mark ch. 8, v. 36.

444
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

St Mark ch. 9, v. 24

445
Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

St Mark ch. 10, v. 14

446
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

St Mark ch. 16, v. 15

St Luke
447
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
the angel to the Virgin Mary

St Luke ch. 1, v. 28

448
And Mary said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
known as the Magnificat; beginning "Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord" in New English Bible

St Luke ch. 1, v. 46

449
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
the Magnificat

St Luke ch. 1, v. 51

450
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

St Luke ch. 1, v. 79

451
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

St Luke ch. 2, v. 1

452
She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

St Luke ch. 2, v. 7

453
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy.
the angel to the shepherds

St Luke ch. 2, v. 10

454
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
the angels to the shepherds

St Luke ch. 2, v. 14.

455
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

St Luke ch. 2, v. 19

456
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
said by Simeon

St Luke ch. 2, v. 29

457
Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

St Luke ch. 2, v. 49

458
Physician, heal thyself.

St Luke ch. 4, v. 23

459
Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.

St Luke ch. 6, v. 27

460
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.

St Luke ch. 6, v. 38

461
Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.

St Luke ch. 7, v. 47

462
No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

St Luke ch. 9, v. 62

463
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 7

464
A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 30

465
He passed by on the other side.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 31

466
Go, and do thou likewise.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 37

467
But Martha was cumbered about much serving.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 40

468
Mary hath chosen that good part.

St Luke ch. 10, v. 42

469
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

St Luke ch. 11, v. 33

470
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

St Luke ch. 12, v. 6

471
Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

St Luke ch. 12, v. 19

472
Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee.

St Luke ch. 12, v. 20

473
Friend, go up higher.

St Luke ch. 14, v. 10

474
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
St Matthew ch. 23, v. 12 is similar

St Luke ch. 14, v. 11

475
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

St Luke ch. 14, v. 20

476
Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

St Luke ch. 14, v. 21

477
Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in.

St Luke ch. 14, v. 23

478
Leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 4

479
Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 6

480
Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 7

481
There wasted his substance with riotous living.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 13

482
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 18

483
Bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 23

484
This my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

St Luke ch. 15, v. 24

485
The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

St Luke ch. 16, v. 8

486
Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.

St Luke ch. 16, v. 9

487
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.

St Luke ch. 16, v. 10

488
The crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.

St Luke ch. 16, v. 21

489
Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.

St Luke ch. 16, v. 26

490
The kingdom of God is within you.

St Luke ch. 17, v. 21

491
Remember Lot's wife.

St Luke ch. 17, v. 32

492
God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.

St Luke ch. 18, v. 11

493
God be merciful to me a sinner.

St Luke ch. 18, v. 13

494
He shall show you a large upper room furnished.

St Luke ch. 22, v. 12

495
Not my will, but thine, be done.

St Luke ch. 22, v. 42

496
Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do.

St Luke ch. 23, v. 34

497
Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
said by the Penitent Thief

St Luke ch. 23, v. 42

498
To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
to the Penitent Thief

St Luke ch. 23, v. 43

499
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

St Luke ch. 23, v. 46

St John
500
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

St John ch. 1, v. 1

501
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

St John ch. 1, v. 3

502
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

St John ch. 1, v. 5

503
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

St John ch. 1, v. 6

504
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

St John ch. 1, v. 8

505
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

St John ch. 1, v. 10

506
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.

St John ch. 1, v. 14

507
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
said by St John the Baptist

St John ch. 1, v. 27

508
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

St John ch. 1, v. 29

509
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

St John ch. 1, v. 46

510
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

St John ch. 1, v. 47

511
Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

St John ch. 2, v. 4

512
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.

St John ch. 3, v. 8

513
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

St John ch. 3, v. 16

514
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

St John ch. 4, v. 48

515
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

St John ch. 5, v. 8

516
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

St John ch. 6, v. 35

517
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

St John ch. 6, v. 47

518
And the scribes and the Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery.

St John ch. 8, v. 3

519
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

St John ch. 8, v. 7

520
Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

St John ch. 8, v. 11

521
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

St John ch. 8, v. 32

522
I am the door.

St John ch. 10, v. 9

523
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

St John ch. 10, v. 11

524
I am the resurrection, and the life.

St John ch. 11, v. 25