Famous quotes containing the words matthew and/or king:
“Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.””
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 14:28.
“I am as unfit for any practical purpose—I mean for the furtherance of the world’s ends—as gossamer for ship-timber; and I, who am going to be a pencil-maker to-morrow, can sympathize with God Apollo, who served King Admetus for a while on earth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)