John 5
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After this there was a o feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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Now there is in Jerusalem by p the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
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In these lay a multitude of invalids - blind, lame, and q paralyzed.
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One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"
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The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."
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Jesus said to him, r "Get up, take up your bed, and walk."
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r And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. s Now that day was the Sabbath.
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So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and t it is not lawful for you to take up your bed."
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But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"
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They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"
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Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for u Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.
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Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! v Sin no more, w that nothing worse may happen to you."
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The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
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And this was why the Jews x were persecuting Jesus, y because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."
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This was why the Jews z were seeking all the more to kill him, a because not only was he b breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God c his own Father, d making himself equal with God.
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So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, e the Son f can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
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For g the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And h greater works than these will he show him, so that i you may marvel.
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For as the Father j raises the dead and k gives them life, so l also the Son gives life m to whom he will.
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n The Father judges no one, but o has given all judgment to the Son,
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that all may honor the Son, just as they p honor the Father. q Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, r whoever hears my word and s believes him who sent me has eternal life. He t does not come into judgment, but u has passed from death to life.
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, v an hour is coming, and is now here, when w the dead will hear x the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear w will live.
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y For as the Father has life in himself, z so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
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And he a has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
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Do not marvel at this, for v an hour is coming when b all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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and come out, c those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
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d "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and e my judgment is just, because f I seek not my own will g but the will of him who sent me.
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h If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
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There is i another who bears witness about me, and j I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.
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k You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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Not that l the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
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He was a burning and m shining lamp, and n you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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But l the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For o the works that the Father has given me p to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, q bear witness about me that r the Father has sent me.
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And the Father who sent me s has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, t his form you have never seen,
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and u you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
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v You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and w it is they that bear witness about me,
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yet x you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
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y I do not receive glory from people.
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But z I know that you do not have a the love of God within you.
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I have come b in my Father's name, and c you do not receive me. d If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
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How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and e do not seek the glory that comes from f the only God?
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Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, g on whom you have set your hope.
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For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for h he wrote of me.
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But i if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
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John 6:4
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
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Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper chamber of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants repaired.
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Gate of Yeshanah, and by the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate; and they came to a halt at the Gate of the Guard.
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Matthew 12:10
And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" - so that they might accuse him.
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Matthew 9:6 - 7
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he then said to the paralytic - "Rise, pick up your bed and go home.
Mark 2:9
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'?
Mark 2:11 - 12
"I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home."
Luke 5:24 - 25
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the man who was paralyzed - "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.
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John 5:8
Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk.
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John 9:14
Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord yo...
Nehemiah 13:19
As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates o...
Jeremiah 17:21 - 22
Thus says the Lord : Take care for the sake of ...
John 7:23
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, ...
John 9:16
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not fr...
Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him...
Mark 2:24
And the Pharisees were saying to him, "Look, wh...
Mark 3:4
And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabba...
Luke 6:2
But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you do...
Luke 13:14
But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant becau...
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John 6:15
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
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John 8:11
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." ]]
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Ezra 9:14
Shall we break your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
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John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Acts 9:4 - 5
And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
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John 7:23
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
John 9:16
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
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John 7:1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
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John 10:33
The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.
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John 5:16
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
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Philippians 2:6
Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.
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John 5:30
I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
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John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
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John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
John 10:17
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
John 15:9 - 10
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
John 17:23 - 26
I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
Matthew 3:17
And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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John 14:12
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
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John 7:21
Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
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Deuteronomy 32:39
'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
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Romans 4:17
As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Romans 8:11
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
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John 6:33
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
1 Corinthians 15:45
Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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Romans 9:18
So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
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Acts 17:31
Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
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John 5:27
And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
John 9:39
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 17:2
Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
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John 8:49
Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
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Luke 10:16
"The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
John 15:23
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
1 John 2:23
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
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John 8:51
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.
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John 20:31
But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
1 John 5:9 - 13
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
John 3:15
That whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 12:44
And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
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John 3:18
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 5:29
And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
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1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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John 4:21
Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
John 4:23
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
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Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
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John 11:43
When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out.
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John 6:57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
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John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 17:2
Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
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John 5:22
The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.
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John 5:25
Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
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John 11:24
Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
John 11:44 - 45
The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go.
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Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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John 5:19
So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
John 8:28
So Jesus said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.
John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
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John 8:16
Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
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John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
John 7:18
The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
Romans 15:3
For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.
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Matthew 26:39
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.
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John 8:13 - 14
So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.
John 8:18
I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
John 8:54
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.
John 18:21
Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.
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John 5:37
And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen.
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John 7:28 - 29
So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
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John 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
John 1:19
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?
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1 John 5:9
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
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2 Peter 1:19
And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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Matthew 13:20
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.
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John 5:34
Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
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John 10:25
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do no...
John 10:38
But if I do them, even though you do not believ...
John 14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Fath...
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works that no ...
John 2:23
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Fe...
Matthew 11:4
And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what...
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John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
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John 3:2
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.
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John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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John 8:18
I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
Matthew 3:17
And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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1 John 2:14
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 4:13 - 14
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 5:10
Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
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Acts 17:11
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
2 Timothy 3:15
And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Luke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
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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 3:19
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
John 7:17
If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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John 5:34
Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Matthew 6:1 - 2
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
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John 2:24 - 25
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
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Luke 11:42
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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John 10:25
Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me.
John 12:13
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!
John 17:12
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own people did not 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.
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Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
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Romans 2:29
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
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John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
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John 9:28 - 29
And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 2:17
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
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John 5:47
But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?
Numbers 21:9
So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
Deuteronomy 18:15
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers - it is to him you shall listen -
Luke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
John 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.
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Luke 16:31
He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'
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