John 8 - 9
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but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
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b Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and c he sat down and taught them.
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The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
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they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
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Now d in the Law Moses commanded us e to stone such women. So what do you say?"
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This they said f to test him, g that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, h "Let him who is without sin among you i be the first to throw a stone at her."
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And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground.
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But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
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Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
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She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, j "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on k sin no more."]]
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l Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, m "I am the light of the world. Whoever n follows me will not o walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
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So the Pharisees said to him, p "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true."
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Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, q my testimony is true, for I know r where I came from and s where I am going, but t you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
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u You judge according to the flesh; v I judge no one.
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Yet even if I do judge, w my judgment is true, for x it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
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y In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
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I am the one who bears witness about myself, and z the Father who sent me bears witness about me."
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They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, a "You know neither me nor my Father. b If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
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These words he spoke in c the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but d no one arrested him, because e his hour had not yet come.
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So he said to them again, f "I am going away, and g you will seek me, and h you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."
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So the Jews said, i "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
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He said to them, j "You are from below; I am from above. k You are of this world; l I am not of this world.
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I told you that you m would die in your sins, for n unless you believe that o I am he you will die in your sins."
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So they said to him, p "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.
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I have much to say about you and much to judge, but q he who sent me is true, and I declare r to the world s what I have heard from him."
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They did not understand that t he had been speaking to them about the Father.
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So Jesus said to them, "When you have u lifted up the Son of Man, v then you will know that w I am he, and that x I do nothing on my own authority, but y speak just as the Father taught me.
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And z he who sent me is with me. z He has not left me alone, for a I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
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As he was saying these things, b many believed in him.
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So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, c "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
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and you will d know the truth, and the truth e will set you free."
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They answered him, f "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"
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Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, g everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
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h The slave does not remain in the house forever; i the son remains forever.
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet j you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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k I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard l from your father."
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They answered him, m "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, n "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,
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but now o you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth p that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
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You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, q "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have r one Father - even God."
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Jesus said to them, s "If God were your Father, you would love me, for t I came from God and u I am here. v I came not of my own accord, but w he sent me.
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x Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot y bear to hear my word.
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z You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. a He was a murderer from the beginning, and b has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. c When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
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Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
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d Whoever is of God hears the words of God. e The reason why you do not hear them is that f you are not of God."
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The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and g have a demon?"
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Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but h I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
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Yet i I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
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Truly, truly, j I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never k see death."
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The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! l Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet m you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never n taste death.'
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o Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"
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Jesus answered, p "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. q It is my Father who glorifies me, r of whom you say, 'He is our God.'
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But s you have not known him. t I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be u a liar v like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
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w Your father Abraham x rejoiced y that he would see my day. z He saw it and was glad."
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So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
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Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, a I am."
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So b they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 9
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As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
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And his disciples asked him, c "Rabbi, d who sinned, e this man or f his parents, that he was born blind?"
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Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but g that the works of God might be displayed in him.
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We must h work the works of him who sent me i while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
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As long as I am in the world, j I am the light of the world."
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Having said these things, k he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. l Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud
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and said to him, "Go, wash in m the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and n came back seeing.
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The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, o "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"
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Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man."
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So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"
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He answered, p "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight."
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They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
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They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
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q Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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r So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
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Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not s from God, t for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, u "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And v there was a division among them.
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So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, w "He is a prophet."
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x The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
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and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
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His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
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But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."
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(His parents said these things y because they feared the Jews, for z the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should a confess Jesus to be Christ, b he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
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Therefore his parents said, c "He is of age; ask him."
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So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, d "Give glory to God. We know that e this man is a sinner."
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He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I f was blind, now I see."
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They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
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He answered them, g "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"
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And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but h we are disciples of Moses.
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We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, i we do not know where he comes from."
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The man answered, "Why, this is j an amazing thing! k You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
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We know that l God does not listen to sinners, but m if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
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Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
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n If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
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They answered him, o "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they p cast him out.
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Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in q the Son of Man?"
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He answered, r "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"
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Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and s it is he who is speaking to you."
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He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.
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Jesus said, t "For judgment I came into this world, u that those who do not see may see, and v those who see may become blind."
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Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, w "Are we also blind?"
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Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, x you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.
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Luke 21:38
And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.
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Matthew 5:1
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
Luke 4:20
And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
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Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
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Deuteronomy 22:24
Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Ezekiel 16:40
They shall bring up a crowd against you, and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
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Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to te...
Matthew 19:3
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by ...
Matthew 22:18
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why pu...
Matthew 22:35
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question...
Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,...
Mark 10:2
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him ...
Mark 12:15
But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, ...
Luke 10:25
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the...
Luke 11:16
While others, to test him, kept seeking from hi...
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Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
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Romans 2:1
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
Romans 2:22
You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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John 8:15
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
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.
Luke 12:14
But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?
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John 5:14
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
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John 7:37 - 38
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
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Psalms 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your l...
Isaiah 42:6
I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousn...
Isaiah 49:6
He says: "It is too light a thing that you shou...
Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righte...
John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of ...
John 1:9
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was ...
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John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
John 21:19
(This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me.
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John 12:35
So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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John 5:31
If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
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Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
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John 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
John 16:28
I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
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John 8:21
So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
John 7:33
Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
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John 7:28
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.
John 9:29
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.
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John 7:24
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
Job 10:4
Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
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John 12:47
If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
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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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 8:29
And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
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Numbers 35:30
If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
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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 8:55
But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
John 16:3
And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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John 14:7
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
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Matthew 27:6
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.
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John 7:30
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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John 7:8
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.
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John 14:28
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 14:2 - 3
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
John 16:7
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
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John 7:34
You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
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John 8:24
I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:8
If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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John 7:35
The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
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1 John 4:5
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
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John 17:14
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:16
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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John 8:21
So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
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John 16:9
Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.
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Mark 13:6
Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and they will lead many astray.
Luke 21:8
And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.
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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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John 3:33
Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
John 7:28
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.
Romans 3:4
By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
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John 18:20
Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
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John 8:40
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
John 3:32
He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
Revelation 1:1
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.
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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.
John 8:26
I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
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John 3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
John 12:32
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
John 12:34
So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
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John 16:8 - 11
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
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John 8:24
I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
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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 7:16
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
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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.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
John 10:38
But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
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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.
John 16:32
Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
John 10:38
But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
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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 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.
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
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John 7:31
Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
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John 15:7 - 8
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
2 John 1:9
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
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2 John 1:1
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth.
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John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free i...
Romans 6:18
And, having been set free from sin, have become...
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin an...
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you f...
1 Corinthians 7:22
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is...
2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spiri...
Galatians 5:1
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm ...
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only ...
James 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the...
James 2:12
So speak and so act as those who are to be judg...
1 Peter 2:16
Live as people who are free, not using your fre...
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John 8:37
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
John 8:39
They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did.
Matthew 3:9
And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Luke 19:9
And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
Romans 9:7
And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
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Romans 6:16 - 20
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
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Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.
Galatians 4:30
But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.
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Luke 15:31
And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
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John 8:40
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
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 3:32
He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
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 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
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John 8:41
You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:33
They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
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Galatians 3:7
Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
Galatians 3:9
So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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John 8:37
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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John 8:26
I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
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Hosea 2:4
Upon her children also I will have no mercy, because they are children of whoredom.
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Deuteronomy 32:6
Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
John 8:47
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
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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.
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1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Hebrews 10:9
Then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
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John 16:28
I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
John 17:8
For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
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John 7:28
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 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 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.
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Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
John 8:23
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
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Genesis 4:8 - 9
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
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1 John 2:4
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world - he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
1 John 4:6
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
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John 10:26
But you do not believe because you are not part of my flock.
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John 8:41
You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
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John 7:20
The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
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John 5:23
That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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.
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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 5:41
I do not receive glory from people.
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John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
John 11:26
And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?
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Luke 2:26
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
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Zechariah 1:5
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
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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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Matthew 16:28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
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John 4:12
Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.
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John 8:50
Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.
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John 13:32
If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.
John 17:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you".
2 Peter 1:17
For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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John 8:41
You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father - even God.
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John 8:19
They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
John 7:28
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 7:29
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.
Matthew 11:27
All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
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1 John 1:6
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:39
They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did.
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Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Luke 17:22
And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, " I am who I am." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, ' I am has sent me to you.'
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John 10:31
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
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John 1:38
Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?
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Luke 13:2
And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
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John 9:34
They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
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John 11:4
But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.
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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 11:9
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
John 12:35
So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Romans 13:12
The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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John 1:4 - 5
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:9
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
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Mark 7:33
And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
Mark 8:23
And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?
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Matthew 9:29
Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you.
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Luke 13:4
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
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John 11:37
But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?
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Acts 3:2
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
Acts 3:10
And recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
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John 9:6 - 7
Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud
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John 5:9
And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.
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John 9:10
So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?
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John 7:29
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.
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Matthew 12:2
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
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John 9:33
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
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John 7:43
So there was a division among the people over him.
John 10:19
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
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John 4:19
The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
John 6:14
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, "This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!
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John 9:22
(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
John 9:13
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
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John 7:13
Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
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John 7:45 - 52
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?
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Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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John 12:42
Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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John 9:21
But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.
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Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
1 Samuel 6:5
So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.
Isaiah 42:12
Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands.
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
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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 9:18
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
John 9:24
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
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John 9:15
So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
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John 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
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John 8:14
Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
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John 12:37
Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him.
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John 3:10
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
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Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Psalms 66:18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Proverbs 28:9
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
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Psalms 34:15 - 16
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
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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.
John 1:21
And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No.
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 9:2
And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
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John 9:22
(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)
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John 10:36
Do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
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Romans 10:14
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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John 4:26
Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he.
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John 5:22
The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mark 4:12
So that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
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Romans 2:19
And if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness.
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John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
John 19:11
Jesus answered him, "You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.
1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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