John 9:4

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'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'

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  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 Make the most of the time, because the days are evil.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus answered, 'Aren't there twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he won't stumble, because he sees by this world's light.' 10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'
  • John 10:37 : 37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.
  • John 5:19 : 19 So Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He only does what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.'
  • John 5:36 : 36 But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.
  • Luke 13:32-34 : 32 He replied, 'Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem. 34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

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  • 5 'While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'

  • John 11:9-10
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    9 Jesus answered, 'Aren't there twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he won't stumble, because he sees by this world's light.'

    10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • John 5:16-17
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    16 Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

    17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'

  • John 4:34-35
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    34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.

    35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already.

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    35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.

  • John 6:27-29
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    27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

    28 Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

    29 Jesus answered them, 'This is the work of God: that you believe in the one he has sent.'

  • 3 Jesus answered, 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.'

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    45 "And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

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

  • John 7:6-8
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    6 Jesus said to them, 'My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.'

    7 'The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify about it that its works are evil.'

    8 'You go up to the festival. I am not going up to this festival yet, because My time has not yet been fulfilled.'

  • 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. So let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

  • 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

  • John 5:35-36
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    35 John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light.

    36 But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

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    37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

    38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

  • 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • 39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'

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

  • 19 So Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He only does what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.'

  • 4 I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.

  • 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  • 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

  • 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • 31 But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'

  • 30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

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    20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

    21 Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

  • 23 Jesus replied to them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

  • 43 But He said to them, 'I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.'

  • 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'

  • 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.

  • 33 If this man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything.

  • 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

  • 19 This 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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    10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.

  • 28 So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

  • 4 Now he had to pass through Samaria.

  • 23 He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.