Quotes about Morality
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
— Matthew 7:12
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
— Matthew 7:18
The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
— Matthew 12:35
But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
— Matthew 15:5
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
— Matthew 15:20
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
— Matthew 18:8
And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
— Matthew 18:9
“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
— Matthew 19:17
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
— Matthew 19:18
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
— Matthew 23:25
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
— Mark 3:4
For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
— Mark 6:18