1st century

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.

Matthew 19:24 · 60

★ 9.3

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Matthew 7:7 · 60

★ 8.5

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 7:12 · 60

★ 8.5

Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.

1st Timothy 5:23

★ 7.7

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Revelation 2:10

★ 7.6

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:24

★ 7.5

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Romans 10:13 · 56

★ 7.5

Poem

Ovid

★ 7.3

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

A liar should have a good memory.

Mark 3:24-25 · 60

★ 7.2

Philosophical literature

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria · 95

★ 7.2

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

Matthew 6:33 · 60

★ 7.2

Letter

Ovid

★ 7.2

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 22:14 · 60

★ 7.2

If God be for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31 · 56

★ 7.1

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

He gave up the ghost.

Luke 23:46

★ 7.1

Letter

Seneca

★ 7.1

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Matthew 5:44 · 60

★ 7.1

Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”

Pontius Pilate

John 18:38 · 90

★ 7.1

The kingdom of God is within you.

Luke 17:21 · 61

★ 7.1

What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

★ 7.1

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Matthew 7:5 · 60

★ 7.1

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Matthew 25:40 · 60

★ 7.1

Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Luke 24:5 · 61

★ 7.1

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matthew 6:9-13 · 60

★ 7.0

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 · 56

★ 7.0

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Matthew 26:26-28 · 60

★ 7.0

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7 · 60

★ 7.0

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 6:28-29 · 60

★ 7.0

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And 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.

Luke 2:6, 7

★ 7.0

Poem

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.

Ovid

★ 7.0

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

1st Corinthians 13:4-8 · 55

★ 7.0

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1st John 1:8

★ 7.0

Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

God

Acts 9:4 · 62

★ 7.0

The love of money is the root of all evil.

1st Timothy 6:10

★ 7.0

If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.

Mark 9:23 · 60

★ 6.9

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1

★ 6.9

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 16:24 · 60

★ 6.5

Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.

Acts 9:18

★ 6.4

Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:39 · 60

★ 6.3

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23 · 50

★ 6.2

For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

Matthew 25:35-36 · 60

★ 6.2

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8 · 60

★ 6.0

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.

Romans 13:8 · 56

★ 5.7

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

1st Thessalonians 5:11 · 51

★ 5.5

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 · 56

★ 5.5

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Matthew 22:21 · 60

★ 5.5

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matthew 15:14 · 60

★ 5.5

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Matthew 5:11 · 60

★ 5.5

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:10 · 60

★ 5.5

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matthew 7:15 · 60

★ 5.5

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:7 · 62

★ 5.5

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:17 · 90

★ 5.5

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.

Matthew 22:37-39 · 60

★ 5.4

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Matthew 21:22 · 60

★ 5.4

Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; or as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.

Acts 17:22-23 · 62

★ 5.4

the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1st Thessalonians 5:2

★ 5.4

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

Luke 23:46 · 61

★ 5.3

With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26 · 60

★ 5.2

I am not mad...but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.

Acts 26:25 · 62

★ 5.1

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

James 4:8

★ 4.9

If any would not work, neither should he eat.

2nd Thessalonians 3:10

★ 4.7

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 25:13 · 60

★ 4.7

But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.

John 11:22 · 90

★ 4.7

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1st John 1:5

★ 4.7

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1st Corinthians 13:11 · 55

★ 4.6

This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.

1st Corinthians 11:25 · 55

★ 4.6

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23 · 56

★ 4.6

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 16:25 · 60

★ 4.6

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Mark 2:17 · 60

★ 4.6

He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45 · 60

★ 4.6

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Acts 17:28 · 62

★ 4.6

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

★ 4.6

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

John 6:35 · 90

★ 4.6

I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

John 8:12 · 90

★ 4.6

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 6:24 · 60

★ 4.5

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 7:13-14 · 60

★ 4.5

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Judas

Matthew 26:14-15 · 60

★ 4.5

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

Luke 4:18-19

★ 4.5

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.