281 questions Jesus asked across 5 books
“But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?”
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?”
“And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?”
“Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
“Are ye not much better than they?”
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
“And why take ye thought for raiment?”
“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?”
“What shall we eat? What shall we drink? Wherewithal shall we be clothed?”
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?”
“Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?”
“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
“Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
“Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?”
“Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?”
“For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?”
“Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?”
“Believe ye that I am able to do this?”
“If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?”
“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?”
“What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
“But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?”
“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?”
“But whereunto shall I liken this generation?”
“Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him”
“How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?”
“Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?”
“What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?”
“How much then is a man better than a sheep?”
“If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?”
“If I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out?”
“Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man?”
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?”
“Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?”
“Have ye understood all these things?”
“O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”
“Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”
“Are ye also yet without understanding?”
“Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?”
“How many loaves have ye?”
“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
“O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?”
“Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”
“Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”
“How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?”
“Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?”
“But whom say ye that I am?”
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
“How long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you?”
“What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of their own children, or of strangers?”
“How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?”
“Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female”
“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
“Why callest thou me good?”
“What wilt thou?”
“Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
“What will ye that I shall do unto you?”
“Hearest thou what these say? Have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?”
“The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven, or of men? Why did ye not then believe him?”
“But what think ye?”
“Whether of them twain did the will of his father?”
“When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?”
“Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”
“Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?”
“Whose is this image and superscription?”
“I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”
“What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?”
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?”
“If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?”
“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?”
“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?”
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”
“See ye not all these things?”
“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?”
“Why trouble ye the woman?”
“What, could ye not watch with me one hour?”
“Friend, wherefore art thou come?”
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?”
“But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?”
“Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me?”
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
“Why reason ye these things in your hearts?”
“Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?”
“Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?”
“Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?”
“How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?”
“Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill?”
“How can Satan cast out Satan?”
“Who is my mother, or my brethren?”
“Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?”
“Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?”
“Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?”
“Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?”
“What is thy name?”
“Who touched my clothes?”
“Why make ye this ado, and weep?”
“Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;”
“Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?”
“Why doth this generation seek after a sign?”
“Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?”
“Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?”
“When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?”
“And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?”
“How is it that ye do not understand?”
“If he saw ought”
“Whom do men say that I am?”
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
“Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
“How it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought”
“What question ye with them?”
“How long is it ago since this came unto him?”
“What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?”
“If the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it?”
“What did Moses command you?”
“What would ye that I should do for you?”
“Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? And be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
“What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?”
“Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer?”
“The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?”
“What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do?”
“Have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:”
“This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”
“Shall we give, or shall we not give? Why tempt ye me?”
“Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?”
“Have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”
“How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?”
“David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?”
“Seest thou these great buildings?”
“Why trouble ye her?”
“Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?”
“Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?”
“Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?”
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
“How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?”
“What reason ye in your hearts?”
“Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?”
“Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?”
“How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?”
“Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy it?”
“For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?”
“And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye?”
“And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye?”
“Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?”
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”
“What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
“Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?”
“Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?”
“Seest thou this woman?”
“Where is your faith? What manner of man is this!”
“Who touched me? Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?”
“Whom say the people that I am?”
“For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?”
“O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you?”
“What is written in the law? How readest thou?”
“Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?”
“For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?”
“If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?”
“Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?”
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
“If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?”
“And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out?”
“Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?”
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?”
“Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?”
“How much more are ye better than the fowls?”
“Which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?”
“If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?”
“How much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?”
“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?”
“What will I, if it be already kindled?”
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?”
“How is it that ye do not discern this time?”
“Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?”
“Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?”
“Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?”
“Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?”
“And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?”
“Unto what is the kingdom of God like? And whereunto shall I resemble it?”
“Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?”
“Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?”
“Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?”
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”
“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”
“But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?”
“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”
“Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?”
“If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”
“And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?”
“But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?”
“And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?”
“Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?”
“Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?”
“There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger”
“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
“Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
“What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?”
“What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?”
“What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?”
“Why tempt ye me?”
“Whose image and superscription hath it?”
“How say they that Christ is David's son?”
“David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?”
“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat?”
“When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing?”
“Why sleep ye?”
“Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?”
“Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?”
“For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”
“What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?”
“What things?”
“Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?”
“Why are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?”
“Have ye here any meat?”
“What seek ye? Where dwellest thou?”
“Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?”
“Woman, what have I to do with thee?”
“Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?”
“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?”
“Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?”
“Wilt thou be made whole?”
“How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?”
“But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”
“Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
“Doth this offend you?”
“What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?”
“Will ye also go away?”
“Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
“Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?”
“If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?”
“Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?”
“Why do ye not understand my speech?”
“Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?”
“Dost thou believe on the Son of God?”
“For which of those works do ye stone me?”
“Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?”
“Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?”
“Are there not twelve hours in the day?”
“Believest thou this?”
“Where have ye laid him?”
“Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?”
“Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say?”
“Know ye what I have done to you?”
“Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?”
“Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? How sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?”
“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?”
“None of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?”
“Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?”
“Do ye now believe?”
“Whom seek ye?”
“The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”
“Why askest thou me?”
“If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?”
“Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?”
“Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?”
“Children, have ye any meat?”
“Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?”
“Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?”
“Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Lovest thou me?”
“If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?”
“Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”