Quotes about Priorities
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
— Matthew 24:17
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
— Matthew 24:18
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
— Mark 8:36
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
— Mark 9:45
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
— Mark 9:47
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
— Mark 10:29
But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
— Luke 9:60
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
— Luke 9:61
But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
— Luke 10:40
Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
— Luke 11:42
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
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
— Luke 12:20