62 Bible Verses about Claims

Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you-the Spirit which you have from God? Moreover, you are not your own masters; you were bought, and the price was paid. Therefore, honor God in your bodies.

For, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master.

But first seek his Kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things shall be added for you.

No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.

His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.'

but in your whole life show yourselves to be holy, after the pattern of the Holy One from whom you received your Call. For Scripture says-- 'You shall be holy, because I am holy.'

For not long ago Theudas appeared, professing to be somebody, and was joined by a body of some four hundred men. But he was killed; and all his followers scattered and dwindled away.

There was staying in the city a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic there and mystifying the Samaritan people, giving himself out to be some great Being.

Professing to be wise, they showed themselves fools;

I know your life, your toil and endurance, and I know that you cannot tolerate evil-doers. I know, too, how you tested those who declare that they are Apostles, though they are not, and how you proved them false.

My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.

If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the Darkness, we lie, and are not living the Truth.

He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he 'will take his seat on his throne of glory'; And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people--just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats- -

But from this hour 'the Son of Man will be seated on the right hand of God Almighty.'"

Blessed are you when people taunt you, and persecute you, and say everything evil about you--untruly, and on my account.

Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.

Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they expel you from among them, and taunt you, and reject your Name as an evil thing--on account of the Son of Man.

The book given him was that of the Prophet Isaiah; and Jesus opened the book and found the place where it says-- 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty, To proclaim the accepted year of the Lord.'read more.
Then, closing the book and returning it to the attendant, he sat down. The eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed upon him, And Jesus began: "This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing."

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."

So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Baal-zebub. But, if it is by Baal-zebub's help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges. But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God must already be upon you.

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all through the Scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

"I am the Life-giving Bread," Jesus said to them; "he that comes to me shall never be hungry, and he that believes in me shall never thirst again.

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last? And, if it is by Baal-zebub's help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges. But, if it is by the help of the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God must already be upon you.

Jesus again addressed the people. "I am the Light of the World," he said. "He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

Why should we not say-as some people slanderously assert that we do say-'Let us do evil that good may come'? The condemnation of such men is indeed just!

So he continued: "In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.

And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'"

Nor must you allow yourselves to be called 'Leaders,' for you have only one Leader, the Christ.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

If any one gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you, he shall assuredly not lose his reward.

"If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us so." "If I tell you," replied Jesus, "you will not believe me;

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

I am the True Vine, and my Father is the Vine-grower.

"I know," answered the woman, "that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything." "I am he," Jesus said to her, "I who am speaking to you."

And so I told you that you would die in your sins, for, unless you believe that I am what I am, you will die in your sins." "Who are you?" they asked. "Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?" said Jesus. "I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."read more.
They did not understand that he meant the Father. So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me. Moreover, he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him." While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Roman Governor. "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked the Governor. "It is true," answered Jesus.

Believe me," he said to them all, "when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me on account of the work itself.

"Are you the King of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "It is true," replied Jesus.

"Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus.

This made Pilate anxious to release him; but the Jews shouted: "If you release that man, you are no friend of the Emperor! Any one who makes himself out to be a King is setting himself against the Emperor!"

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

for, many will take my name, and come saying 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Many will take my name, and come saying 'I am He', and will lead many astray.

"But we," replied the Jews, "have a Law, under which he deserves death for making himself out to be the Son of God."

And Jesus said: "See that you are not led astray; for many will take my name, and come saying 'I am He,' and 'The time is close at hand.' Do not follow them.

But Jesus remained silent. On this the High Priest said to him: "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." "It is true," Jesus answered; "Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you shall 'see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.'"

But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer. A second time the High Priest questioned him. "Are you," he asked, "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" "I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

"Are you, then, the Son of God?" they all asked. "It is true," answered Jesus, "I am."

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'"

"Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God?"

The Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began debating about this. "Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?" they asked. "Who can forgive sins except God?"

The Father and I are one."

"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?