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title: "17 Jesus Meant Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Jesus Meant quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Jesus Meant sayings and thoughts."
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> [We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/we-modern-people-think-of-miracles-as-the-suspension-of-the-natural-3/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-wondered-if-there-were-other-restless-people-asking-the-question/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stanley/if-you-want-to-know-what-jesus-meant-by-what-jesus-said-pay-attention/)

[Andy Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stanley/)

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> [He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/he-who-loves-his-enemies-betrays-his-friends-this-surely-is-not-what/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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> [Jesus didn't mean this as a sweeping command for everyone who has a lot of money. Jesus meant this for any of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysa-terkeurst/jesus-didn-t-mean-this-as-a-sweeping-command-for-everyone-who-has-a/)

[Lysa TerKeurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysa-terkeurst/)

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> [One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/one-has-a-feeling-that-one-has-a-kind-of-home-in-this-timeless/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [“I began to wonder if anyone still believed Jesus meant thos things He said. I thought if we just stopped and asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-began-to-wonder-if-anyone-still-believed-jesus-meant-thos-things-he/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rama-swami/what-jesus-meant-was-that-whoever-is-attached-to-the-worldly-life-and/)

[Rama Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rama-swami/)

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> [We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scot-mcknight/we-need-to-shed-our-unearthly-and-nonsocial-and-idealistic-and/)

[Scot McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scot-mcknight/)

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> [“When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think that is what Jesus meant when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pandra-selivanov/when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-all-powerful-all-knowing-you/)

[Pandra Selivanov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pandra-selivanov/)

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> [Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/only-jesus-would-be-crazy-enough-to-suggest-that-if-you-want-to/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [“When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-ann-burns/when-jesus-said-ast-and-you-ll-get-it-he-meant-things-of-the-spirit/)

[Olive Ann Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-ann-burns/)

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> [“That's what Jesus meant," whispers the ghost of Slothrop's first American ancestor William, "venturing out on the Sea of Galilee. He saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/that-s-what-jesus-meant-whispers-the-ghost-of-slothrop-s-first/)

[Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/)

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> [ The crucifixion saved him \[Jesus\]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/the-crucifixion-saved-him-jesus-he-never-had-to-deal-with-the-fact/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [“After His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter this personal and probing question: "Do you love Me more than these?" (John 21:15). Many have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/discovery-house-publishers/after-his-resurrection-jesus-asked-peter-this-personal-and-probing/)

[Discovery House Publishers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/discovery-house-publishers/)

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> ["In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/in-each-of-our-lives-jesus-comes-as-the-bread-of-life-to-be-eaten-to/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“Ask and it shall be given you,'" I began. "'Seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-ann-burns/ask-and-it-shall-be-given-you-i-began-seek-and-ye-shall-find-knock/)

[Olive Ann Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-ann-burns/)

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                        "text": "Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would declare God's blessing on the po0r rather than on the rich and would insist that it's not enough to just love your friends. I just began to wonder if anybody still believed Jesus meant those things he said.",
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                        "text": "“That's what Jesus meant,\" whispers the ghost of Slothrop's first American ancestor William, \"venturing out on the Sea of Galilee. He saw it from the lemming point of view. Without the millions who had plunged and drowned, there could have been no miracle. The successful loner was only the other part of it: the last piece to the jigsaw puzzle, whose shape had already been created by the Preterite, like the last blank space on the table.\" \"Wait a minute. You people didn't have jigsaw puzzles.\" \"Aw, shit.”",
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                        "text": "The crucifixion saved him [Jesus]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to come. His disciples, of course, had to deal with it, and little by little they had to realize that it's a metaphorical thing. Well, that's not what Jesus meant. I'm fairly sure he meant it literally. But he must have been the most fascinating man.",
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                        "text": "\"In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how He loves us. Then Jesus comes in our human life as the hungry one, the other, hoping to be fed with the Bread of our life, our hearts by loving, and our hands by serving. In loving and serving, we prove that we have been created in the likeness of God, for God is Love and when we love we are like God. This is what Jesus meant when He said, \"Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.",
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                        "text": "“Ask and it shall be given you,'\" I began. \"'Seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.' We have the same message in the Book of Saint John,\" I said, sounding for all the world like a preacher…\" Well, but how could I just stop there? Those words were worse than nothing if I didn't tell what they meant to Grandpa. Looking at the long rough box, I spoke timid, in a mumbled voice. Not preachified at all. \"Grandpa didn't think Jesus meant, by that, that we should ast God for things, or for special favors. He said we could trust that in the nature of things, without astin', we'll get lots of blessin's and happy surprises and maybe a miracle or two. When Jesus said ast and you'll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Right now for instance, I could ast, 'Lord please raise Grandpa from the dead,' but it wouldn't happen. But I can say, 'Please, God, comfort me,' and I'll get heart's ease. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all that. Ast, 'Hep us not be scared, hep us not be greedy, give us courage to try.\" I was really carried away. \"Ast any such and God will give it to you. But don't ast Him not to let fire burn, or say spare me from death. At least, uh, that's what Grandpa said.”",
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