John 1:11

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He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him.

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  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty to attract us to him, and no appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we did not esteem him.
  • John 3:32 : 32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We don’t want this man to reign over us.'
  • Luke 20:13-15 : 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.' 14 But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.' 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'
  • Matt 15:24 : 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.'
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms this through the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the Jews on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, children of Abraham's lineage, and you who fear God, this message of salvation has been sent to us.
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.' 26 When God raised up His servant, Jesus, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.

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    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2He was in the beginning with God.

    3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being that has come into existence.

    4In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.

    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

    8He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

    9The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

  • John 1:12-18
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    12Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.

    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

    14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    15John testified about Him and cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”'

    16From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

    17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

    18No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

  • John 7:5
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    5For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

  • John 5:40-43
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    40But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.

    41I do not accept glory from people.

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    57And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."

    58And he did not perform many miracles there because of their lack of faith.

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  • John 4:44-45
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    44For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

    45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival, for they too had attended the festival.

  • Luke 9:53
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    53But the people did not welcome him because his face was set toward Jerusalem.

  • John 1:30-31
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    30This is the one I was talking about when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”

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  • Mark 6:4
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    4Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household.'

  • John 3:18-20
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    18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is already condemned, because they have not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

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    32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

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    11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

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    19Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.

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    41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

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    46I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

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