Category: john
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Jesus Is the Way
6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”–John 14 I [Paul] persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both…
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Jesus’ New Command
34“A new command I [Jesus] give you [Peter and crew]: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”–John 13 In this context, Jesus was talking to Peter and the original apostles. Jesus commanded them to…
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Jesus, the Light
44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.–John 12 Some religious…
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Jesus and Expensive Perfume
4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him [Jesus], objected, 5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” 6He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he…
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The Jesus Who Wept
32When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34“Where have…
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Jesus and Martha
21“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” 23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25Jesus said to her, “I…
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Why They Wanted Jesus Dead
24The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26but you do not believe because you are not my…
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Seven Quick Thoughts on the Good Shepherd
14“I [Jesus] am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice,…
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Blindness and Sin
39Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”–John 9 Jesus saw himself as the standard by which one will be judged. Those who are blind are unaware of their sin problem or that their sin is a problem. Jesus opens their…
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A Blind Man and God’s Plan
1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.–John 9 The disciples asked a question that…
