John 12:47

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.” ’

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,

This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?

Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”

Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.