Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Gospel of Matthew.
Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors [...] For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neithe...
Hypocrisy Quotes
So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received...
Immortality Quotes
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [...] Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (NRSV 5:3-10) Blessed...
Sin Quotes
She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (NRSV 1:21) And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save h...
Prophecy Quotes
All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: "Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel." (NRSV 1:22-23) Now all this...