Quotes about Sacrifice
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
— John 10:17
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
Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
— John 11:16
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
— John 11:50
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
— John 11:55
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
— John 12:5
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
— John 12:7
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
— John 12:8
Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
— John 12:24
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
— John 12:25
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
— John 12:26
He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
— John 12:33