John 1:11-12

The Word Became Flesh

¹¹ He came to _p his own, ₁ and _q his own people _{2 r} did not receive him. ¹² But to all who did receive him, _s who believed in his name, _t he gave the right _u to become _v children of God,

1. Cross References
   Matthew 21:38
   But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.
   
2. Cross References
   John 13:1
   Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
   
3. Cross References
   John 5:43
   I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
   John 3:11
   Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
   John 3:32
   He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
   
4. Cross References
   1 John 5:13
   I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
   
5. Cross References
   1 John 5:1
   Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
   
6. Cross References
   1 John 3:1
   See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
   Matthew 5:45
   So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
   
7. Cross References
   Galatians 3:26
   For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
   John 11:52
   And not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.