--- title: "10 Mouths Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "10 Mouths quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Mouths sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/martin-luther-106_figs_some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mou_2814715.jpg" --- > [Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mouths/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/martin-luther-106_figs_some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mou_2814715.jpg) > [When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens-his-mouth-so-wide-that-it/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/martin-luther-106_christ_when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens_1838687.jpg) > [I pray that God would open the mouth in me and the heart in you and that he would be the teacher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in-me-and-the-heart-in-you-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/martin-luther-106_heart_i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in_969680.jpg) > [If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-princes-and-cities-have-i-would/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/martin-luther-106_cities_if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-prin_1429117.jpg) > [A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/a-preacher-must-be-both-soldier-and-shepherd-he-must-nourish-defend/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/martin-luther-106_able_a-preacher-must-be-both-soldier-and-shep_1350651.jpg) > [Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/truly-speech-has-wonderful-strength-and-power-that-through-a-mere/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/martin-luther-106_communication_truly-speech-has-wonderful-strength-and_2250626.jpg) > [ I \[i.e., God\] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-i-e-god-have-given-you-baptism-as-a-gift-for-the-forgiveness-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/martin-luther-106_baptism_i-i-e-god-have-given-you-baptism-as-a-gi_2828333.jpg) > [Whoever would like to cherish such adders and puny devils - who are the worst enemies of Christ and us all -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/whoever-would-like-to-cherish-such-adders-and-puny-devils-who-are-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/martin-luther-106_able_whoever-would-like-to-cherish-such-adder_275870.jpg) > [Is it not a thing most abominable, that God who feeds so many mouths, should be held in such low esteem by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/is-it-not-a-thing-most-abominable-that-god-who-feeds-so-many-mouths/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/martin-luther-106_accepting_is-it-not-a-thing-most-abominable-that-g_717414.jpg) > [ \[Christ's\] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/christ-s-mission-and-work-it-is-to-help-against-sin-and-death-to/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/martin-luther-106_air_christ-s-mission-and-work-it-is-to-help_2225886.jpg) ## Other authors on Mouths ## More by Martin Luther > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mouths/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "10 Mouths Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mouths/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/martin-luther-106_figs_some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mou_2814715.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/martin-luther-106_figs_some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mou_2814715.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/martin-luther-106_figs_some-people-need-a-fig-leaf-on-their-mou_2814715.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths.” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that word be but in a whisper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens-his-mouth-so-wide-that-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/martin-luther-106_christ_when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens_1838687.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/martin-luther-106_christ_when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens_1838687.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/martin-luther-106_christ_when-jesus-christ-utters-a-word-he-opens_1838687.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I pray that God would open the mouth in me and the heart in you and that he would be the teacher in the midst of us who may in us speak and hear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in-me-and-the-heart-in-you-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/martin-luther-106_heart_i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in_969680.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/martin-luther-106_heart_i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in_969680.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/martin-luther-106_heart_i-pray-that-god-would-open-the-mouth-in_969680.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I pray that God would open the mouth in me and the heart in you and that he would be the teacher in the…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-princes-and-cities-have-i-would/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/martin-luther-106_cities_if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-prin_1429117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/martin-luther-106_cities_if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-prin_1429117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/martin-luther-106_cities_if-i-had-power-over-the-jews-as-our-prin_1429117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. 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