Charles Spurgeon

But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.

“Oh, no, he came "where he was," and finding that the man could do nothing whatever for his own assistance, the good Samaritan began with him, then and there, upon the spot, putting no impossible conditions to him, proposing no stipulations which the man could…”

As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

“IT is not an easy thing to maintain the balance of our spiritual life. No man can be spiritually healthy who does not meditate and commune.”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

“MARY was full of a love to Christ which could be very active and self-sacrificing. I have read to you of her pouring the precious box of spikenard upon our Lord for His anointing.”

But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

“WE HAVE no difficulty whatever in deciding what the one thing is. We are not allowed to say that it is the Saviour, for he is not a thing; and we are not permitted to say that it is attention to our own salvation, for…”

So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

“To seek aid in time of distress from a supernatural being is an instinct of human nature. We say not that human nature unrenewed ever offers truly spiritual prayer, or ever exercises saving faith in the living God.”

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

“THE Lord Jesus is ever in direct and open antagonism to Satan. "I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed," has been most emphatically fulfilled.”

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear…

“OUR FIRST thought is that no mere man would have said this concerning himself unless he had been altogether eaten up with vanity; for Solomon was among the Jews the very ideal of greatness and wisdom.”

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

“IN this parable, our Lord Jesus Christ is the Light. Some saw His brightness, and were even dazzled by it, as was that woman who cried, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the paps which You have sucked."”

I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

“OUR Lord was here certainly alluding to the opposition and persecution which the Gospel would excite.”

Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

“THESE words were addressed by our Savior to the common people who had gathered around Him. He appealed to their common sense.”

One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years.

“I BELIEVE that the infirmity of this woman was not only physical but spiritual. Her outward appearance was the index of her deep and long-continued depression of mind.”

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden.

“I SHALL not attempt fully to explain this great little parable. A full exposition may be left for another occasion. The parable may be understood to relate to our Lord Himself, who is the living seed.”

‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

“How delightful it is to observe that the wrath of man becomes tributary to the Glory of God! See an illustration in the parable of the marriage supper. Those persons who were first bid would not come.”

‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

“I REMINDED YOU, this morning, [See Sermon #485, Volume 8—NO ROOM FOR CHRIST IN THE INN.] that there was no room for Christ and His parents in the inn at Bethlehem—and also that there were then other places where, although there was no room for…”

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

“THIS passage is peculiar to Luke. He tells us that at the time when our Lord uttered it, great multitudes followed Him.”

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

“SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS always seeks to blame others and to whitewash itself. The group that stood nearest to Christ in preaching was composed of two classes of persons—the publicans, or tax-gatherers and the open sinners.”

So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

“IT is not very unusual that the Pharisees could not understand the Savior's mode of action—not only because self-righteousness and bigotry had blinded their eyes and callousness of heart to the interest of others and had bound them up in the darkness of self-righteousness—but also…”

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is…

“THE love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, is very practical and active. There is a sheep lost and the Lord regrets it. But His love does not spend itself in regrets. He arises and goes forth to seek and to save that which was lost.”

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion.

“THIS SENTENCE EXPRESSES the true turning point in the prodigal’s life story. Many other matters led up to it, and before he came to it there was much in him that was very hopeful; but this was the point itself, and had he never reached…”

So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

“THE first part of this text applies to us all. The second part will apply to each one of us before long. "Give an account of your stewardship," is a command that may be addressed to the ungodly.”

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

“THE Apostles said this. I have sometimes thought that Paul's speech at Lystra, when he forbade the multitude to worship him and told the people that he was a man of like passions with themselves, has need to be repeated in the ears of many…”

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

“THESE words are not addressed to the general congregation. You notice that the chapter begins, "Then said He unto the disciples."”

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

“THE whole narrative connected with the text is worthy of your careful reading. There were 10 men, lepers who, according to the old proverb that "birds of a feather flock together," had made a company and seemed to have lived in greater amity through kinship…”

“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

“THIS is called a parable, yet it is rather an incident, an anecdote, a statement of facts. You will observe that our Lord never used a fable.”

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven.

“IT was the fault of the Pharisee that though he went up into the Temple to pray, he did not pray. There is no prayer in all that he said.”