Bible Verses about Sacrifice

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• No one can have greater love
  than to lay down his life for his friends.
  John 15:13lovefriendship
• And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God.
  Ephesians 5:2loveJesus
• So Christ, having been offered once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.
  Hebrews 9:28sinsalvation
• For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
  Luke 9:24life
• To do what is right and just
  is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
  Proverbs 21:3honestyrighteousness
• Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnessrepentance
• For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
  1 Corinthians 15:3-4sinJesusresurrection
• He gave himself for us in order to deliver us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people as his own who are eager to do good.
  Titus 2:14purificationgoodnesssin
• For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  Mark 10:45humilityJesussalvation
• They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they placed it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. Then, bending the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
  Matthew 27:28-29sufferingeaster
• He did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us. How then can he fail also to give us everything else along with him?
  Romans 8:32Fatherreceiving
• Honor the Lord with your wealth
  and with the firstfruits of all your crops.
  Proverbs 3:9moneygivingharvest
• At the appointed time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  Romans 5:6Jesustransformation
• But I with hymns of praise
  will offer sacrifice to you.
  What I have vowed I will fulfill.
  Salvation comes from the Lord.
  Jonah 2:10salvationgratitudeobedience
• Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness.
  Romans 6:13sinrighteousnessconversion
• In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  Matthew 20:28Jesusservingsalvation
• How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from acts that lead to death so that we may worship the living God.
  Hebrews 9:14JesusSpiritpurification
• However, if we live in the light
  as he himself is in the light,
  then we have fellowship with one another,
  and the blood of Jesus his Son
  purifies us from all sin.
  1 John 1:7purificationcommunitylight
• My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
  a contrite and humble heart, O God,
  you will not spurn.
  Psalm 51:19repentance
• Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.
  Mark 14:36easterFatherJesus
• He cried out, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” And with these words he breathed his last.
  Luke 23:46easterJesusFather
• Behold, we are now going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life.
  Matthew 20:18-19easterJesusresurrection
• And ‘to love him with all your heart, and with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself,’ is worth more than any burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  Mark 12:33heartmindstrength