Quotes about Wealth
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
— Mark 14:5
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
— Luke 1:53
John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
— Luke 3:11
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
— Luke 6:20
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
— Luke 6:24
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
— Luke 6:25
“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
— Luke 7:41
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
— Luke 9:25
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
So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
— Luke 12:17
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