The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (54 page)
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Authors: Elizabeth Knowles
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 1
Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 3
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 6
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 7
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 9
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 12
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 13
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 14
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 15
By their fruits ye shall know them.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 20
The winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
St Matthew ch. 7, v. 25
Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof.
St Matthew ch. 8, v. 8.
I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
St Matthew ch. 8, v. 9
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
St Matthew ch. 8, v. 12
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
St Matthew ch. 8, v. 20
Let the dead bury their dead.
St Matthew ch. 8, v. 22
Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 11
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 12
I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 13
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 17
Thy faith hath made thee whole.
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 22
The maid is not dead, but sleepeth.
St Matthew ch. 9, v. 24
When ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
St Matthew ch. 10, v. 14
Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
St Matthew ch. 10, v. 16
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
St Matthew ch. 10, v. 29
I came not to send peace, but a sword.
St Matthew ch. 10, v. 34
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
St Matthew ch. 10, v. 39
Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
St Matthew ch. 11, v. 3
What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
St Matthew ch. 11, v. 7
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
St Matthew ch. 11, v. 28
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
St Matthew ch. 11, v. 28
He that is not with me is against me.
St Matthew ch. 12, v. 30 and St Luke ch. 11, v. 23
The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
St Matthew ch. 12, v. 31
Behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
St Matthew ch. 12, v. 42
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
St Matthew ch. 12, v. 44
Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside.
St Matthew ch. 13, v. 3
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed.
St Matthew ch. 13, v. 31
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
St Matthew ch. 13, v. 45
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
St Matthew ch. 13, v. 57
Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
St Matthew ch. 14, v. 27
O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
St Matthew ch. 14, v. 31
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
St Matthew ch. 15, v. 14
The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
St Matthew ch. 15, v. 27
Can ye not discern the signs of the times?
St Matthew ch. 16, v. 3
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
St Matthew ch. 16, v. 18
Get thee behind me, Satan.
St Matthew ch. 16, v. 23
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove.
St Matthew ch. 17, v. 20
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
St Matthew ch. 18, v. 3
Whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
St Matthew ch. 18, v. 5
If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.
St Matthew ch. 18, v. 9
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
St Matthew ch. 18, v. 20
Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but Until seventy times seven.
St Matthew ch. 18, v. 21
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
St Matthew ch. 19, v. 6
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.
St Matthew ch. 19, v. 21
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
St Matthew ch. 19, v. 24. See also St Luke ch. 18, v. 24
With God all things are possible.
St Matthew ch. 19, v. 26
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
St Matthew ch. 19, v. 30
The burden and heat of the day.
St Matthew ch. 20, v. 12
I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
St Matthew ch. 20, v. 14
It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
St Matthew ch. 21, v. 13
For many are called, but few are chosen.
St Matthew ch. 22, v. 14
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
St Matthew ch. 22, v. 21
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
St Matthew ch. 22, v. 30
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
St Matthew ch. 22, v. 38
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
St Matthew ch. 23, v. 23
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
St Matthew ch. 23, v. 24
Ye are like unto whited sepulchres.
St Matthew ch. 23, v. 27
Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 6
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 7
The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet
referring to Daniel ch. 12, v. 11
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 15
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 28
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 35
One shall be taken, and the other left.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 40
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
St Matthew ch. 24, v. 42
Well done, thou good and faithful servant.
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 21
Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed.
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 24
Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 29
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 33
I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 35
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
St Matthew ch. 25, v. 40
And they covenanted with him [Judas Iscariot] for thirty pieces of silver.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 15
It had been good for that man if he had not been born.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 24
Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 26
This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
to St Peter
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 34
If it be possible, let this cup pass from me.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 39
What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 40
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 41
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
St Matthew ch. 26, v. 52
He [Pilate] took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
St Matthew ch. 27, v. 24
He saved others; himself he cannot save.