The Chosen Quotes (Season 1)

It is important to respect your teachers and honor your parents, and Rabbi Josiah is a smart man. But many times, smart men lack wisdom.

You seem nice. Are you dangerous?[Child #2]Mm, maybe to some. But no, not to you. And I won’t harm anyone.[Jesus]Do you have friends?[Child #5]A few, and more to come.[Jesus]

You see, people complain we Romans run the world, but I know a dirty secret. You people want to be ruled. You want an excuse to complain. It’s part of your nature.[to Matthew]

When you realize that nobody else in the world cares what happens to you, you think only about yourself.

The Lord loves justice. But maybe it is not ours to handle.

The human eye is drawn to light. We can’t help it, it just happens.

Listen… What do you hear?[Jesus]The wind.[Nicodemus]How do you know it’s the wind?[Jesus]Because I can feel it, and I hear its sound.[Nicodemus]Do you know where it comes from?[Jesus]No.[Nicodemus]Do you know where it’s going?[Jesus]No.[Nicodemus]That’s what it is to be born again of the Spirit. The Spirit may work in a way that is a mystery to you, and while you cannot see the Spirit, you can recognize His effect.[Jesus]

Preachers have a habit of becoming politicians. They sprout up like weeds and spread.

Jews are odd.[Gaius]People are.[Matthew]

It’s not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

It is good to ask questions. To seek understanding.

Invitation to what, exactly? To lead a nomadic life? To give up who I am?[Nicodemus]It’s true. There is a lot you would give up. But what you would gain is far greater and more lasting.[Jesus]